GUM CLIMBER INJURED.
SEVERE CUT IN WRIST. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] WHANGAREI, Tuesday. A gum climber, Joseph Magee, was holding on with a, hook to the sido of a steep bank at Whakapara yesterday afternoon while with the other hand he chopped a tree. The axe slipped, and the point entered Magee's left wrist, making a deep wound and severing the arteries. The wound bled profusely, but Magee was not brought to the Whangarei Hospital until this morning. The patient's condition is reported to be satisfactory.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19469, 27 October 1926, Page 12
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86GUM CLIMBER INJURED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19469, 27 October 1926, Page 12
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