STARTER’S DEATH
Collapse at Westport Trotting Meeting By Telegraph—Press Association. Westport, December 26. The Westport Trotting Club's meeting to-day was marred by the death of Mr. Frank Roche, the starter, who collapsed and died as he was descending from his post at the conclusion of the sixth race. Mr. Roche was prominent in both sporting ami municipal circles, being a former owner and rider, and an excouncillor. He is survived by two sons, Messrs. W. H. ami J. Roche, both of whom are owners, and were driving at the meeting, and one daughter.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 79, 27 December 1935, Page 10
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93STARTER’S DEATH Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 79, 27 December 1935, Page 10
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