BRITTLE-BONED MAN
FORTY-FIRST MAJOR BREAK. ; >■ > GHiGANDRA, March 26. Alfred; Heiler, the record bone-breaker of Australia, 'has n<*t ye"t got.gut of his habit of breaking limbs. Last night, whilst -walking home, he tripped, and fell, which resulted; m. a broken leg. He was immediately -takeii 1 to the local hospital. . It is' only a little over a- month k ago v since ..he was discharged from , hos r 'prEal, where he had 1 been admitted with a broken.leg, just before Christmas. He takes the breaks as if they were an every-day occurrence. Ofie thing 'he cannot understand is that he has not broken his; n.eck, ' as it, is the. only; part that has never been . broken. Hi& total to date, without' counting finger,' toe, and a fetw smaller breaks', is 41/
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14571, 5 April 1918, Page 6
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