FATALITIES ON FOOTBALL FIELDS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 May 1910, Page 2

FATALITIES ON FOOTBALL FIELDS.

TWO SPKCTATOKS DKOP DEAD. Mr Geo. Flyger, of I'alnierst-.u. d.ro]i])cd dead on the Showgrounden Saturday, while watching a f' ( oitball match. _ The late Mr Flyger was a keen ic'Citball enthusiast and was usually an interested spectator of Saturday's matches. On Saturday he was standiing near the 2.s grandstand, when he was seen to sfcagi'eo •and fall to the ground. Two first .aid men were promptly on the ftjiot, and carried the bo l'y into (lie of .the dressing sheds. Dr. Peach was quickly in a I ten dance, but pioiiiuneed life to be extinct. Decease I was aged ():}, aiK | f ; ;,,-_ "::"!dy carried 0 ,„ '~. ta-iloring bed- ■ ' ' - in Wang.Hiui .and l-'cilding. SIMII.AuI'A'rALrrY AT ' Y-'KLLIXCTOX. AYIoy,!,IXGTOX. Mev I'D. ■'■■.-.: fatality occurred <;-ii Athletic ! a-k on Saturday cft-c—-n dur-i-'g -':e interval hot/ween the first 'MKi' seeoncl spells of the P..neke-St. Jam-s football ni,!-::.-h. Mr Vv>-\»v-i."k Koitert Hills, resi'dn'ng in Daniel street, and (-mplov-ed bv the Praise limber Co.. dropp-d 'dead. His ■"••'■n "as playiing for St. James, ami I'.'a:-; ti';t a,ware o,f the fatality until he saw jhe body cf his father being carried across the field ( n a siroi-her jus-t when the s.ernd .-■■-■> ell ~ 'as about to coinmeiiiee-. Mrs I-J:l!_s. fe.o. was sitting in the grandstand when she was informed 'if the daath of her husband.