Local News: On Monday a man named Hunt was taken to Newton Cottage Hospital for the purpose of having his arm amputated. He had suffered considerable pain for two or three weeks from blood poisoning, and the two or three medical gentlemen that had attended him saw that the only chance of saving his life was to amputate the arm, hence his removal to the Cottage Hospital. Death, however, terminated his sufferings before the operation was performed. He was a steady, industrious man, and had been for some years in the employ of Pinsent and Son to deliver coals. He leaves a widow and three young children.
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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901