STRUCK BY WEIGHT
OFFICIAL DIES OF INJURY
ACCIDENT AT SPORTS MEETING
'BRISBANE, March 4. Accidentally struck on the head by a 151b weight thrown by a competitor at a sports meeting, Frank Perske, aged DO, was fatally injured. Perske was bending down measuring the distance the weight had been thrown by a competitor when another competitor hurled the weight. Pcrsko was too preoccupied and failed to hear the warning cries. The weight struck the back of his head.
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Evening Post, Volume c, Issue 54, 5 March 1934, Page 9
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78STRUCK BY WEIGHT Evening Post, Volume c, Issue 54, 5 March 1934, Page 9
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