LATER INTELLIGENCE.
Frederick Piiling, a stepson of Colonel DeQuincey, who was; injured during the football match on Saturday, died this morning. Ho was in the act of taking a run, and hail successfully passed all hut two of the opposite side when lie lowered his head and.came with great force against a son of Col. Haultaiu, striking hiin with his head on the left arm pressed ngaiu.st his side. Pilling immediately fell all of a heap, and was unable to rise. When I asked what was wrung, lie said lie felt as if everything had given way. The medical examination showed concussion of tiie spine had occurred. Tetanus symptoms set in. at 10 o'clock this morning, followed immediately ' J 7 an epileptic lit, in which the'' Unfortunate man died. Deceased was sensible from the time of the accident, I and conversed cheerfully, laying great stress on the fact that his side won, and that he had played brilliantly.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 353, 11 June 1877, Page 2
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