Accidents Were Few And Injuries Minor
Serious accidents were fortunately absent from the show on both days, there being only the .usual cases of scratches and bruises which the • St. John Ambulance Division membets - handled with their usual efficiency. On the first day a woman suffered an injury above her eye when she moved too clese to the horns of one of the* animals in the cattle section. A showman had the xnuckles of his hand bitten by a pig and a show-woman suffered surns to her hands when a box of matches exploded in them. There were the inevitable cases of parents searching for lost children arid vice yersa. The police and traffic' officials did a grand job throughout the whole of the show.
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Chronicle (Levin), 31 January 1949, Page 4
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125Accidents Were Few And Injuries Minor Chronicle (Levin), 31 January 1949, Page 4
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