SWORDSMAN KILLED.
Received August 28. 12.35 p.m. PARIS, Aug. 27. The brilliant French swordsman, Rene Monal, was accidentally killed in the semi-finals of the fencing championships of the International Universities by his opponent, a Mexican student .whose sword-point broke off against Monal’s vest, the jagged edge of the blade entering the heart.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 230, 28 August 1937, Page 10
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