A FOOTBALLER’S DEATH.
THE INQUEST. (Per Press Association.) Timaru, July 7. At the inquest on yesterday’s football fatality, the evidence of eight onlookers and of the man who charged Hertncn wnile taking x place kick, all agreed that it was a pure accident. But there are various accounts as to what actually happened, some few
saying that one or two players fell over the deceased; others denying or doubting that the ball was wet or heavy. Hcrtnon’s kick was powerful, making a raw bruise on the chest of Carlton, from whom it rebounded and struck Hertnon in the abdomen with great f orco. A medical eye-witness attributed death to shock, and the Coroner returned a verdict of accidental death.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 116, 8 July 1911, Page 5
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119A FOOTBALLER’S DEATH. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 116, 8 July 1911, Page 5
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