Hung by the Wrist
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Tahiti Man's Painful Accident
AN amazing accident, and escape from death, befell Mr. Oscar Nordman, the well known shipping agent and mer chant, of Papeete, Tahiti.
Early in November, Mr. Nordman was standing on a box in one of his re frigerators, inspecting some apparatus, when the box collapsed. As he fell, Mr.
Nordman instinctively threw out his hands.
Near the ceiling were several meat hooks. His left hand swept down upon one of the hooks; it penetrated his wrist; and, in a moment, Mr. Nordman—a big, heavy man—was suspended in mid-air, swinging by his wrist.
By exercising all his strength, he lifted himself by his right hand, and got clear of the meat-hook. Then he collapsed.
Mr. Nordman spent some weeks in bed, in grave danger of blood-poisoning, but he was reported at the end of November to be making a good recovery.
The population of Western Samoa has passed the 60,000 mark. The latest vital statistics to September 30 show the total population of the Territory as 60,223. —“Western Samoan Mail”