Girl Dies In Sprint
(N.Z. Press Association)
AUCKLAND, February 3. A 14-year-old girl competing in a 220 yards sprint race collapsed and died at Mount Roskill tonight.
She was Thelma Wells, daughter of Mr and Mrs J. Wells, of 27 Ellis avenue, Mount Roskill.
She was a pupil at Lynfield College. She collapsed 75 yards from the finish of the race at a Roskill South Athletic Club weekly meeting at Griffen Memorial Park. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation for 30 minutes failed to revive her.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 30976, 4 February 1966, Page 14
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82Girl Dies In Sprint Press, Volume CV, Issue 30976, 4 February 1966, Page 14
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