FALL ON A BOTTLE.
FARMER SEVERS ARTERY. A DANGEROUS PREDICAMENT. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] CHRISTCHUItCH. Monday. An unusual mishap hvu painful consequences for Mr. Oliver Hunter, a farmer, of Church Bay. While reluming to his home from an outlying paddock lie slipped on a rocky slope and his tea bottlo was smashed, a jagged edge cutting his left wrist, severing an artery. Holding his wrist tightly Mr. Hunter made aor the nearest residence, about three utiles distant, and there was given first aid. He then started out for Lyttelton to secure treatment, by a doctor. On reaching Harbour he collapsed from loss of blood, but a boat was quickly procured to ferry him across the harbour. Ho is now progressing satisfactorily.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19217, 5 January 1926, Page 8
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