SPEAR FISHERMAN’S DEATH
EVIDENCE OF STING ON LIP (New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, February 12. How a spear flshetman complained of being stung on the lip by what he thought to be a bluebottle, and was then drowned, was described yesterday at an inquest into the death of Peter Campbell Newman, a linotype assistant, aged 19. Newman was drowned at Rocky Bay —near Titahi Bay—on December 19, while giving a spear-fishing exhibition to some friends. His body was found after a short search in 12ft of water. He had been a spear fisherman for some years. Mr W. G. L. Mellish, the Wellington Coroner, adjourned the inquest for more evidence. William Alan Hazelwood, a butcher, of Titahi Bay, said that, with others, he sat on some rocks watching Newman fishing. He had caught four crayfish and a moki and before his fatal dive, had complained of being stung on the lip by what he thought was abluebottle. When Newman did not reappear above the water, the party became alarmed and sent for help, said the witness. Newman’s body was soon found, but a doctor, after attempting artificial respiration, said he was dead.
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Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27583, 14 February 1955, Page 12
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