ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES
FATAL HEAD INJURIES. (Per United Press Association.) Hamilton, December 18. The death occurred in the Waikato Hospital this morning of Frank Henry Swayne, aged 38, who was admitted on Monday suffering severe head injuries sustained when a haystack he was erecting collapsed on his farm at Cambridge, striking him on the head. He is survived by three children. BOY KILLED. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, December 18. Fatal injuries to the head were received by a pupil of St. Helier’s Bay School, Albert Leonard Tucker, aged 14, as the result of a collision between his bicycle and a motor car this morning. The boy, a son of Mr A. Tucker, had returned to his home at Walmsley Road only a few minutes earlier with the advice that he had passed the proficiency examination. The boy returned to his home after making an early visit to school to learn the examination results, and was on his way to do an errand for his mother when the accident occurred. The car, which was driven by Mr H. A. Horrocks, of St. HeliePs, was travelling toward the city. The boy suffered severe cuts on the face, and also received serious head injuries. He was taken to the Auckland Hospital, where his death occurred.
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Southland Times, Issue 22201, 19 December 1933, Page 5
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