BACKWARD DIVE
AN INJURED SPINE
NEW ZEALANDER'S DEATH
(From "The Post's" ReprewntativO LONDON, September 20. With much regret, one has to-record the death of Mr. Alan Kaymond Staith, 8.E., A.M. Inst., C.E., Assoc.M.R.S.I., son of the late Mr. J. Smith, and• Mis Smith, of Hastings On the afternoon of September 15,' Mr Smith \ra» bathing in the swimming pool at Hunstanton, on the Norfolk coast. Taking; a backward dive, he struck another swimmer, who was under the water, and iniured his spine. He was taken to King's Lynn Hospital/-.-but aied next a&r. Smith, who . graduated in civil engineering at Canterbury College, arrived in England in April, 1932, to gain further professional experience. In the following October-he was-ftp-pointed'District Engineer for the River (Great) Ouse Catchment Board, m Bedfordshire, controlling the, upper reaches of the River Ouse. The chief engineer'is.Mr.-'Oscar Borer, B.E.,foimerly of New Zealand, whose-head-quarters are at Cambridge. Mr. Smith. wasstationed in Bedford, where he became prominent in sporting, Rugby, and tennis circles; he made ,many .friends by whom his death, at the early age or 30, is greatly regretted.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 102, 27 October 1934, Page 12
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179BACKWARD DIVE Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 102, 27 October 1934, Page 12
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