SLEEP WALKER’S FALL.
SEyERE INJURIES SUSTAINED. Opotiki, November 27. A serious accident befell Mr Ray Purcell, licensee of the Masonic Hotel, Opotiki, early this morning. Mr Purcell fell from the roof of the front verandah of the hotel on to the footpath, a distance of about 25 feet, receiving a fractured shoulder and other severe injuries. Mr Purcell, who is an enhusiastic member of the Opotiki Rowing Club, attended the annual club opening day yesterday, being one of the crew Avhich raced in a challenge fours for old “salts.” He retired as usual for the night. He remembers dreaming of stepping from a launch on to a dinghy, and suddenly finding himself lying on the hard ground dazed and injured. He had actually stepped over the rail of the verandah after getting up from his bed iu his sleep, and fell to the ground. His cries for help were answered by Mrs PurceH and a doctor was summoned.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2818, 2 December 1924, Page 3
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158SLEEP WALKER’S FALL. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2818, 2 December 1924, Page 3
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