ACCIDENTS & DEATHS.
AMATEUR WRESTLER’S DEATH. (Per Press Association). * AUCKLAND, January 8. Evidence that his son, Alwin Arthur Missen, aged 20, an amateur wrestler, who died in the Auckland Hospital on December 15, suffered from boils, and covered them with powder so that the Wrestling Association’s doctor would not see them, was given by Arthur William Missen at the inquest this morning. Tho father added that liis son refused to have the boils treated by a doctor. The medical evidence showed that death was due to cellulitis of tho neck and pyaemia, and that there was nothing in the post-mortem to show that the neck was injured. A verdict in accordance with the medical evidence was returned.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 74, 9 January 1936, Page 6
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