SCALDS PROVE FATAL

Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 287, 4 December 1945, Page 3

SCALDS PROVE FATAL

) FALL INTO HOT POOL 3 MAORI LEAGUE PLAYER 3 _ O.C. ROTORUA, this day. 5 A well-known footballer, Mr. Ivan 2 Gregory, a Maori bushman, aged 25 years, died in the Rotorua hospital 1 at 8.5 o'clock last night as the result j of injuries received when he fell into l a hot pool in the vicinity of Tarewa • Road yesterday morning. ' It is understood that Mr. Gregory i was cooking his breakfast over a pool in the early hours of the morning when the ground on which he . was standing suddenly caved in. He \ was precipitated into the pool and ■ suffered severe scalding from the , chest downwards. He managed to : scramble out of the pool and, despite ' his injuries, reached his home some [ 25 yards distant. Awakening his j wife he told her of the accident and , aid was immediately summoned. He ' was rushed to Rotorua public hos- ; pital in a critical condition but failed i to respond to treatment during the I day. > Mr. Gregory represented Auckland at Rugby League and also the Maoris against Pakehas last season. He represented South Auckland against Auckland while playing Rugby and also played for Rotorua. He is : survived by his wife and one small , child.