LEG AMPUTATED
injured footballer (By Telegraph.—special to Times) WANGANUI, Saturday Mr W. Phillips, the young Wanganui Rugby player who broke his leg in a representative match against the Trentham Army team last Saturday, had it amputated. His condition is reported as satisfactory. After his injury, which occurred in the first five minutes of the match, Mr Phillips was taken to the Wanganui Public Hospital. It is thought that the broken bone pierced an artery, and a blood transfusion was necessary on Sunday. For some time his condition was described as serious, bu£ an improvement was reported on Tuesday.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21207, 2 September 1940, Page 6
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98LEG AMPUTATED Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21207, 2 September 1940, Page 6
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