Player Dies From Bite
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) SYDNEY.
The former Australian and Canadian Rugby Union international, C. Smee, died in Port Moresby, Papua, yesterday, after suffering a snake or spider bite, it has been learned in Sydney. He was 31. Smee was bitten on. Saturday while helping clear a sports field for the coming season, his brother, Ray, said in a telephone call from Port Moresby. It was not clear what bit him. He was given medical treatment, but was found dead yesterday.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31305, 27 February 1967, Page 14
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