STRANGE COINCIDENCE
LEGS AMPUTATED,
' An. extraordinary run of mis-1 fortune has been suffered by a family named Hogg (says a message I from Melbourne), three members ot which each had a leg amputated m one week, although they are scattered in different parts of the world. During the following week word I was received from South Africa I that a niece had been seriously injured in a motor accident. I jA. Hogg had his-leg injured m the war. It appeared to be quite well, but at Easter it again gave trouble, and doctors ordered its amputation. “On the same day as 1 was op- | era ted on," be said, “my brother Leslie had bis log amputated at Canberra, as a result of a motor accident. That same week word was received from our brother Stewart, in New Zealand, Uiat Ins I eldest son had had his leg amputated.” • „ All sufferers are now progressing 1 favourably.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3660, 2 July 1927, Page 1
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155STRANGE COINCIDENCE Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3660, 2 July 1927, Page 1
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