PECULIAR ACCIDENT

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 246, 18 November 1929, Page 7

PECULIAR ACCIDENT

LAD BREAKS BOTH WRISTS. CAUGHT BY A WIRE WHEN JUMPING FROM A FENOE. On Saturday, George Mollctb, son of Mr axxd Mrs H. Mollett, of Bay Viexv, liad a niost unfortnnate accidenb. It appears that the lad. a sxxtlx staxxdard pupils of the Esk Viexv Scbool, xvas sitting on tbe top rail of one of tbe fences at tbe Petane Sale Yards xvlxen be attemptcd to jxxmp to the ground. His boot, hoxvever, caught in a piece of xvire, and to sax-e bis lxead from striking tbe ground he tbrew his bands forxvard. Tbe sudden jar resulted in hotli xvrists beiug broken imme.diately above tbe xvrist joints. Such an occurrence is particularly unfortunate in viexv of tlxe boy's record at scbool. Ple entered tlie scnoot in the primers. axxd bas been tbe leader of bis class in eacb of tlie standards, and aspired to terminate a trnly fine record by becoming Dus of tbe scbool tbis year. Had tbe accideut occurred one week later, Ixe xvould tben liave completed bis final examination. Mucb syrnpatby xvill be fell for tbe lad, xvlxo xvas very popular auiong bis seliool fellowis and a credit to tbe scbool.