EXTRAORDINARY AND FATAL CASE OF LOCK-JAW.
Wo regret to. Imvo to record tho (loath, iv.ccutly, i'rom lock-jaw, uf Gcovgo Soyii\our, a god at thoresidence' (in AlImrt si root) of his dither, Captain Seymour, of tin*, cutter Alarm, under very distressing eireumstanoes. The following arc the particulars of (ho sad occurrence; ■lt appears that some (on days ago the deceased was engaged stock-driving at Mangawai. when lie accidentally struck himself with the lash of his whip over the left eye. lie took no notice of this at the time - in fact, the “Hick ” hardly left a mark. A day or two afterwards lie name to town, when the wound got much worse; and on Tuesday morning it was thought advisable to send for Dr. Hooper, who at once saw that all the symptoms of (claim* had set in. Shortly after* wards, (lie young man’s jaw sot as firm as a vice ; ami in (Ids condition he remained until six o’clock last evening, when, despite everything that could be done to alleviate him, death put an end (olds sufferings. The deceased was a fine yonim man, well-heloved by all who know him. We have not learned whether an inquest will he held upon the body. —Wear Zealand Jlerafd.
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Evening Star, Issue 3059, 7 December 1872, Page 3
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206EXTRAORDINARY AND FATAL CASE OF LOCK-JAW. Evening Star, Issue 3059, 7 December 1872, Page 3
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