STRANGE FATALITY
BLOW FROM CRICKET BALL DEATH AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS A seven-year-old boy named Kevin Smith, "died at Armidale, New South Wales, recently as the result of an injury suffered several weeks previously. The boy was playing cricket in the back yard of his home with his father and sister, and received a blow on the head from'if ball which was thrown at the wicket by his sister. After his mother had treated an apparently superficial injury, he again took part in the game. Next morning he complained of a headache. He was admitted to hospital, and appeared to be recovering, but ho collapsed and .died from cerebral hemorrhage.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22030, 9 February 1935, Page 19
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109STRANGE FATALITY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22030, 9 February 1935, Page 19
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