ACCIDENT ENDS IN BLINDNESS.
ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND. July 9. While engaged in blasting operations at the City Council’s waterworks at Nlhotapu last January, William Adams was severely injured by a premature explosion. He was removed to tho hospital, where one eye was removed, and he became blind in the other. While in Auckland Lady Islington frequently visited the hospital, and Adams’s case aroused her Excellency's sympathy. Adams has now left the hospital, and today Lady Islington communicated with Captain Boscawen, A.D.C., and asked him to ascertain if there was any way in which she could assist Adams. Captain Boscawen will visit Adams to-morrow, and convey Lady Islington’s sympathy.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8169, 10 July 1912, Page 8
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107ACCIDENT ENDS IN BLINDNESS. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8169, 10 July 1912, Page 8
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