ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
♦ DEATH ON A FOOTBALL FIELD. [Per Press Association.] OAMARU, April 19. At the inquest touching the death of the lad Ward, who died yesterday whilst playing in a football match, the medical testimony was to the effect that death was due to overstraining an already weak heart. There was 310 evidence of rough play. On Tuesday last a gig belonging to Mr Robert Hall, driven by a man named Brooking, was upset and badly damaged at. Port Levy. TJIO hor&& shied at a pile of posts on the road close to Fleming's bridge, and capsized the vehicle, which turned completely over. The occupants, Miss Newbury and the driver, escaped uninjured, and the horse galloped for three-quarters of a mile, dragging the overturned gig, which received very severe damage on the way.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8907, 19 April 1907, Page 3
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134ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Star (Christchurch), Issue 8907, 19 April 1907, Page 3
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