DEATH OF CHILD
FOUND INJURED IN PADDOCK j Whangarei, Oct. 26. A child-. Victoria Thelma Crump, : aged 2 years 11 months, daughter of J Mr and Mrs A. V. Crump, of Paroti, ! died while being hurried to the Wha- I ngarei District Hospital yesterday. The j child had been found by Mrs Crump I in a state of distress in a paddock on j their farm. When giving evidence at an inquest i which was opened before the coroner, i Mr G. H. Morrish. to-day, Mr Crump said the child had been in the habit of playing with animals in a paddock near the house. In the paddock there ! were 30 head of cattle and two horses, j one of which, an unshod mare, was i liable to kick. The medical superintendent of the j Whangarei Hospital. Dr J. W. Hall. \ said the child had bruises on the chest j and right elbow. He was unable to give j the cause of death. The coroner ordered a post-mortem i examination and adjourned the inquest ■ —P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 27 October 1941, Page 6
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