CHILD'S SERIOUS INJURIES.
, . .—c , The senseless practice of throwing. broken' glass about indiscriminately was responsible for*, a ' distressing ; accident /at Eastbourne, Wellington. Dunill Baker, aged four years, . was playing with a ; number of -small com- - panions :on • the t Rona Bay ■ tennis • court, when he fell on a broken bottle, '-and' severed the artery and sinews of his right arm His uncle, Private Chapham,home from the front on leave,", promptly admin- . istered first aid, and.undoubtedly saved ' tin life of the child, , who had lost much .: blood. The : child -is reported to ',■ be progressing very: satisfactorily, ■ though -it' is not yet known whether he will ever be able to use his arm again.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16499, 27 March 1917, Page 6
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112CHILD'S SERIOUS INJURIES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16499, 27 March 1917, Page 6
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