TENACITY OF LIFE.
A sT!;.\ :;ck ease lias occurred ill i Jiiir'ddi! w 1;i : ■ i allows how hard some I)"f)]A' ( hug to lit'' even aider reeeiving injuri's suit; deni to dispose of (.wo or three ordinary ]> • oj(1 <‘. On Friday, 1 dtli inst., a little hoy between four and live years old, named Arthur Smith, fil into tin; graving-dock at Pori Chalmers, and split his forehead open to sueh an extent that ills brains exuded through the fracture. lie was immediately attended to, but o! course, no one bad the slightest hop';; ofhis recovery. Strange to say, he lingered on in an unconscious state' for many hours, and at length began to grow better. (,)a Tuesday night i»■ ■ was p Tleetiy rational, and the doelor actually believes that (lie child may still, 'recover both Ids bodily ;uen i:i I pone-rs, nrut yet lie-' lias hast several ounces of brain, mid small portions were s.ill being discharged from t:ie Siead at the tmi.e. The smile of a eat will hardly bo suilieiontly expressive aiVer sueh an instance of tenacity of fife.
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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 186, 20 January 1877, Page 4
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179TENACITY OF LIFE. Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 186, 20 January 1877, Page 4
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