STRAIGHTENED HIS OWN NECK.
REMARKABLE STORY OF BONESETTER’S PLUCK AND SKILL. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn, (Received .Tune 18, 8.55 a.m.) LONDON, June 17. The Centra! News Agency circulates a remarkable story regarding Sir Herbert Barker, the eminent bone-setter, who dived too deeply at Alassio, where he was holidaying, and struck his head on the bottom. He came up dazed and with his neck twisted and immovable. No skilled help was available, so Sir Herbert, despite the intense pain, applied the pressure of both hands and straightened his neck with an audible click.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17567, 18 June 1925, Page 1
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