SHOCKING ACCIDENT.
(Per Press Association/)-'-I Wellington, last night. I A lad named John Ward, aged nine I years, son of Mr F. Ward, hairdresser, I Tory street, sustained dreadful injuries this ■; *' J afternoon by falling under an eleotrio J car at Oriental Bay. It appears the boy [ fell while running alongside the oar, and I one of his arms must have gone under the . I oar. He was then struck: by the under gear. The ear was pulled up ehort, and the unfortunate child, who was extricated in an unconscious condition, was then found to have sustained a very bad scalp wound_ and a fractured skull,.while his upper jaw was broken and lower jaw ap parently dislocated. Hie right arm wf terribly mangled at the wrist, tbe ha; being almost severed, and hanging mer:“ by shreds of flesh and einews. sufferer was removed to tbe hop where his right arm was amputated, witnesses attribute no blame to t officials.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1374, 8 February 1905, Page 2
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159SHOCKING ACCIDENT. Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1374, 8 February 1905, Page 2
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