THE WRESTLING FATALITY.
THE INQUEST. Press Association. NAPIER, Feb. 27. At the inquest on the body of the man John Howell, who died as the result of injuries sustained in a wrestling contest at the Caledonian sports, the evidence of the two judges of the contest of professional wrestling and of one of the doctors who attended him, and who saw the occurrence, was to the effect that there had not been tho slightest trace of rough handling or unfairness in the wrestling, and that the injury seemed to have been caused in a purely accidental manner, the deceased having twisted his neck in .trying to recover himself. The medical evidence was that death was caused by laceration of the spinal cord. The inquest was adjourned to allow information to be obtained as to the practice or otherwise of using mats in field wrestling.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2127, 28 February 1908, Page 2
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144THE WRESTLING FATALITY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2127, 28 February 1908, Page 2
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