AN APPALLING ACCITENT.
March JWaS brought 'to’Sandhurst m thej caijß -of.; J)r 3d‘Mullen and* Mr Bussay, of the Wyuna sawmills, suffering fron\a,terrible mutilation of his left hand and arm, which occurred to him in the sawmills named .yesterday-' forenoon. On admission taken on it"was found that his ininneS congiatea of a compound dis--of Ifcte&lefb farm,’ the flesh tomOarid Lthe : bones protruding. .(Some- of the fingers of the hand, too, were greatly crushed, especially the index-finger, which'had to' be amputated. The neck of the unfortunate man . also preabtttectfa iaiafed|a? appearance,’ thpuglr jh6 ihfjrufyvjWp ufideiktaim, to it. . All roiiim tHei®rodt J it was deeply indented,, as though a rone Ipd been drawn,'tightly round itafotPMfrils mjpeSS* , It,app&i;e4' that, the misadventure happened in this wise-.: ¥fl9x^warw/tfld^ ; dt ,: <MLd'nef circular the act oiihiftuig the 'drum (for the purhe feetandlcarried Upwards The; rope- by some mischance got round his ’neokj 'and in a minute more his heado migbt have been tom from the shdtadof9%iit ir l6r r 'the stoppage of the machinery \ bygone of the men who witnessed th^cj^^el^e.
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Evening Star, Issue 4091, 6 April 1876, Page 4
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173AN APPALLING ACCITENT. Evening Star, Issue 4091, 6 April 1876, Page 4
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