The Carnarvon Accident.
™£ h ?, unfortunate sufferers name is O'Hallaran not Allan, as we were informed, and h^ has b en rec i d mto the Wangranui Hospital When J er^ arrived at lhe Hospital f Ya * h » Wa "Bf«nui hrouiele i- was foun \ that the was of a most shocking nature, the bone sticking out devoid of flesh, but the docto£
are of opinion that the fact of the fiinb being crushed probably savt.l Ms life, for otherwise the large blood-vessels coining from the armpit would have been cut through, iusteid of being torn, and the man would probably have bled to death i It was decided to perform amputation at the shoulder joint, and Dr Sorley carried out the. operation, as sisted by Drs Oonolly and Innes. The unfo'tunato y-mng fellow \x»t> yesterday in aa improving condition, and there is hop o that his life will T)e saved, though the large open wound that is left is likely to offer ■ome trouble, and may probably hare to be closed by skin-grafting. The patient's mother, who resides at Palmersten North, visited him at the Hospital.
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Manawatu Herald, Issue III, 4 February 1890, Page 2
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185The Carnarvon Accident. Manawatu Herald, Issue III, 4 February 1890, Page 2
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