Singular Accident.
MAX SEVERELY INJURED. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, October 27A man named Pook. was admit tod to t-ho illo-s-pital. suft'ciing l'ronii injuries id' hisi chest. He was on> horsebacjlv clia.sing hullottks'. and was at the time. Larrying- an; axe- The bullock swerved, and fearing a, collision Pook threw the aixo in front of him so 1 as | to have it. out. of the-way. Almost j at the same instant his! hon-e came into collision with the bullock, the I impact being so violent that, the rider was thrown to the. ground. The axe had landed with the blade upwards, and Pook fell upon the edge of it, the result being that he received a serious, wound, the -blade peno- j triitinvr the- cavity of the chest. So \ far the .patient seems to be* doing well.
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Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10451, 28 October 1904, Page 1
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137Singular Accident. Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10451, 28 October 1904, Page 1
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