DEATH WHILE AT PLAY
An accident while at play resulted in the death on Sunday of Albert Clarence Rmlt, fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. S B. Riott, of Kaitnia, North Auckland. In the morning the boy, who was 10 years of age, left his parents’ home to go to the farm of his uncle, Mr. Arthur Foster, on the Kaitaia-Awanui road. While playing in the garden with two companions, lie tripped over a small drain and a sharp stake pierced his loft side beneath the arm, about 6in. penetrating tho body. "Don’t play any more, I’ve hurt myself,’’ the injured by called out to his companions, and he. died almost as soon as his aunt, Mrs. Foster, who had come from the house, attracted by tho boy’s cries, reached tho scene of the accident.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18203, 26 September 1933, Page 3
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