A Painful Accident.
An Italian, commonly known as ' Joe, met with a distressingly painful acoident at Paeroa on Thursday afternoon. It appears that he was engaged unloading a punt containing curved verandah iron, at Mr J. McAndr»w't» wharf, aud when in the act of passing some sheets to the man on the wharf he lost his balance, and falling backwards he pulled the iron out of his comrade's hands. Ihe result was he was thrown into the river, whilst the edge of the iron struck him in the face, completely cuttin* the nose off at the tip, besides inflicting a deep gash on the side of the nostril, and also on the upper lip, the latter being almost severed in two. The poor unfortunate fellow was quickly rescued, and his injuries attended to by Dr. Forbes, who was compelled to use eight or nine stitches on theiwousd* He has been sent to the Thames Hospital, where he is getting on as well as can be expected.
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Thames Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 8604, 8 March 1897, Page 4
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