RIGHT ARM LOST
WELLINGTON MOTOR-CYCLIST (United P'-p.bb Association 1 WELLINGTON. 29th December. When he was involved in a collision at a bend in the Buller Gorge, Peter Brooky, a cabinetmaker, of Newtown, Wellington, a single man, aged 24, suffered severe injuries to the right arm, reports a Reefton message. He was admitted to the Inangahua Hospital at Reefton, and it was found necessary to amputate his right arm at the shoulder. Brooky was travelling to Westport on a motor-cycle, and was involved in a collision with a car, the door handle of which struck him on the arm. His cond iion is stated to be satisfactory. D ER SERIOUSLY HURT When a small sedan car, owned and driven by Frederick McSweenoy, aged 55, who lives at William street. Christchurch, left the road between Kumar.i Junction and the Serpentine Creek bridge at a late hour rn Wednesday night, and turned over several times, McSweenoy was seriously hurt. He suffered concussion and severe lacerations of a leg and was admitted to the Grey Hospital. The bodvwork of the car was almost completely wrecked.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 31 December 1938, Page 9
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181RIGHT ARM LOST Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 31 December 1938, Page 9
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