TAIRUA.—SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
A correspondent at Tairua sends the following :—"Mr. F. Haggar, contractor for the conveyance of the wire tramway material to the Prospector's claim, was bathing on the morning o£ Christ mas Day, at the wharf, in front ofMr. W. B. Jackson's house, Tairua harbour. He dived into shallow water, and struck his head against the gravelly bottom in su£h a way as to wrench the vertebra) of the neck and cause severe irritation of the spin?l cord. Mr. Jackson despatched a messenger across the range to Shortland, and. .Dr. For was in attendance by Monday evening. We are glad to learn that the symptoms have abated much, and that there is a fair hope of recovery.—While at Tairua Dr. Fox w-"3 called in to attend a bushmaa, who had been assaulted byanotherEuropean, and sustained broken ribs. The police are on the look-out for the assailant. A Maori gumdigger was also reported as having broken his thigh."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4409, 31 December 1875, Page 2
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