WALKING IN SLEEP
PALL FSOM HIGH WINDOW SCHOOLBOY AT HAMILTON A schoolboy, Hugh Ileathcote Cox, aged nine, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Cox, of 91 Grey street, Hamilton East, narrowly escaped death or serious injury when he fell 20ft, from an open window while walking in his sleep at an early hour on Wednesday morning. The boy's bedroom is on the "upper floor of the "house. His parents heard him fall and rushed outside, to find him lying dazed on a path, suffering from severe head injuries and shock. Tho injured boy was taken in a St. John ambulance to the Waikato Hospital, where his condition was reported to be not critical. An X-ray examination will be made to determine the full extent of his injuries.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18975, 27 March 1936, Page 2
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128WALKING IN SLEEP Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18975, 27 March 1936, Page 2
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