A singular accident through the breaking of a telephone wire com necting the North Staffordshire Infirmary with the surgeries of the Various visiting surgeons of the district, occurred at JHanley. The wire broke m Gannon street, Hanley, and knocked down a chimney, and the brickwork falling on the iroof of a kitchen demolished it., the wire rebounding and curling up m the street, caught hold of a child five years of age, lifted it up m the air some distance, and dashed it to the ground, rendering it insensible; and injuring its legs severely.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 138, 21 November 1884, Page 4
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