UNUSUAL DEATH.
PEBBLE BLOWN THROUGH HEART. “A million to one chance,” was the Derby coroner’s description lof a quarry blasting accident in which George Hodgkinson, aged 45, 'a quarry owner, of Littleton Street, Derby, was killed by a pebble which pierced his heart. After the second shot had been fired Hodgkinson turned round, began to run and then collapsed. A postmortem examination revealed that a small pebble had gone through Hodgkinson’s heart. A verdict of death by misadventure was returned.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 71, 23 February 1937, Page 9
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80UNUSUAL DEATH. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 71, 23 February 1937, Page 9
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