STRUCK WITH A SPADE.
~ ° "" Rental HOSPITAL tragedy. — ■ ' •• PATEENT DIES FROM INJURIES. . ' .A fatal termination to an assault, which } . Occurred in the Avondale Asylum grounds Pfejuly 24, occurred yesterday morning, ' * when a" Danish patient named Johansen •^*"|flied as a result of injuries alleged to have if ! been caused by another patient, an Aus- '' trl on the morning of the alleged assault a aw? of male patients were at work in the " ' asylum garden. Johansen was* quietly engaged at his work when, it is stated, the Austrian came up to him and without any Provocation raised his spade and struck Johansen violently on the head with it. 't' ' ' The ' injured man was taken to-the J jjgylum hospital, where he received medi- ■ ; cal attention, but ho gradually sank, and Slaspired yesterday morning. An inquest will bo held by the Coroner -■ (Mr. T. Grcsham) at tho asylum at two o'clock this afternoon.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14747, 1 August 1911, Page 7
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