BOY LOSES EYE
UNFORTUNATE A^CIDJENT MARS • * picNic " The danger of indiscriminate use of bpwS; and e^ro.we w(as emphasi^ed on Satufday wheri an unfortuna,te accident resulted, In which the victi'm/Ron Gallagher., age.d 9., ipst the sight of one eye. Thp. t^cidept occurred while a group of young boys were playing in the grounds adjacent to the Drill Hall, Queen Street, wh.pre a^n 6rganised;'picnic was in ' progress. The injured b'oy was rushed to palmerston North Hospital aftpr having ' "r eceived prel«ninary medfcal attention from a loca,l doptor. Btis parepts, Mr. and /Mrs. R. pallagher, of York Street, Levin, 'were ' la'tef infbr'med- that the eye wo.uld have to, be fpmoved and the bppration ' was ' successfully completed iast night. It is not , yet known if the. sight of the other ey.e will be affected.
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Chronicle (Levin), 24 February 1947, Page 4
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