SHOCKING HEAD INJURIES
ACCIDENT IN MOKOIA , MILL. -INTACT' WITH CIRCULAR SAW. Shocking head and facial injuries were sustained by Harry Percy, a young .Tingle man, when he came into contact with one of the. circular saws at the Taranaki Timber Company's mill on Mr. C. J. Hawken's Mokoia property shortly after lunch on Monday. Mr. Percy was engaged in oiling some bearings below the level of one of the saws, when he apparently lifted his head, the saw edge catching him and inflicting frightful .injuries to the right side of his chin and face. Dr. E, G. Sinclair was called out and the injured man was rushed to the Hawcra Hospital for an immediate operation. His condition was reported to be very serious last evening.
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Patea Mail, Volume LII, 25 February 1931, Page 2
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125SHOCKING HEAD INJURIES Patea Mail, Volume LII, 25 February 1931, Page 2
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