SUDDEN DEATH.
COLLAPSE OF SPECTATOR. WRESTLING MATCH HAPPENING. While watching the wrestling match in the Town Hall on Saturday night, an Auckland accountant, Mr. R. H. Fisher, aged 00, collapsed and died before he could be admitted to the hospital. Mr. Fisher, who lived at 15, Mount Albert Road, was sitting in the gallery. He collapsed shortly before 9 p.m., and was attended .by Dr. H. M. Buchanan, superintendent of the Auckland Mental Hospital and one of the honorary doctors of the Auckland Wrestling Association. He was removed in a St. John ambulance, hut died before he reached the hospital. An inquest, opened before Mr. Wyvern Wilson, S.M., yesterday morning, was adjourned after formal evidence had S?cn given, pending the resulfc.of a post . oxqmination.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19360817.2.74
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 194, 17 August 1936, Page 8
Word Count
124SUDDEN DEATH. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 194, 17 August 1936, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in