BATHER’S NECK FRACTURED
DIVING ACCIDENT NEAR TE AROHA. FATE OF RELIEF WORKER. ’ ' ' ■ ■ ' ' ■ ' ■ ; I ■' . ■ When he dived from a bridge into a; bathing pool on Tuesday. Mr. George Harry Hoye, aged 42, a relief worker ait. No. 1 camp, Eastport Road, Elstow, about five miles from Te Aroha, broke f-i his neck. His relatives live at Waihi.' Mr... i Hoye, with other relief workers from the camp, was bathing in a pool adjoining -. the Waitoa River and dived from a bridge about eight feet in height When he came to the surface, his comrades realised that something serious had.hap-; pened and brought the man to the . shore. ■ < -'< Medical aid was summoned, but life,;? was pronounced extinct. It; is .thought Mr. Hoye received a fracture of the neck through striking tire bottom .of the pool with his head. ’ ’V'iM
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19330119.2.68
Bibliographic details
Taranaki Daily News, 19 January 1933, Page 5
Word Count
137BATHER’S NECK FRACTURED Taranaki Daily News, 19 January 1933, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.