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SENSATION IN MORGUE Remarkable Operation on Injured Man’s Leg SHOCK FOB STRETCHERBEARERS (By Telegraph—Per E'ress Assn.—Copyright J Received April 1, 5.5 p.m. (A. £ N.Z.) LONDON, March 31. A remarkable case of r, supposed corpse coming to life is reported from the mortuary at Penartli. George Ellis w r as given up for dead, following an operation to a knee, and was taken to the mortuary, where ho suddenly awoke and found himself surrounded by bodies. Two attendants, bearing another body, entered just as Ellis called out. They promptly dropped the stretcher and bolted. Ellis was later taken to hospital. It appears he had fallen into a trance, when his heart ceased signs of activity.
A remarkable operation was later performed to the knee joint, another man’s amputated leg being dovetailed into Ellis’s with complete success.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20111, 2 April 1928, Page 3
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