sley Davie Morris, the son of Brigadier and Mrs, B. Morris of the Salvation Army, was seriously injured yesterday afternoon when playing with a hand-grenade that he and a friend found near the Soochow Creek on Brennan Road.
His right hand was torn away and whilst the other hand was serious! injured well doctors him last night believed that would te able to save it. s that the tw boys went t ie on their bicycles early afternoon, when they saw site and, after getting off their Wesley picked it up. When he saw that it was a hand-grenade, he threw it a which point it exploded.
He was rushed to Hospital where an operation performed and, according to formation available last night, the patient was resting comfortably and the doctors attending him were satisfied with his condition.
The other boy was not injured although Wesley received several small burns on various parts of the body, these being of a minor nature.
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