INJURY TO FOOT LEADS TO DEATH
LABOURER COLLAPSES Press Association WESTPORT, Friday. A labourer employed by the Public Works Department at Whangapeka, George Graham, died yesterday on the way to the Westport Hospital. Last Saturday the deceased and an ovei'seer left work and came to the Little Wanganui Hotel, where they stayed the week-end. Graham complained of having a sore foot, but he said no more about it. He is supposed to have gone to the kitchen in order to get some hot water for his foot. Although he said nothing about it, it is thought he scalded himself. On Monday morning he was limping, but said he was all right. Later he showed his foot to someone, and it appeared to be badly inflamed. Pie returned to work at Whangapeka and worked until mid-day yesterday. The overseer noticed that he was looking very ill and spoke to Graham, who said his foot was very sore. The overseer examined it and at once summoned a doctor, who ordered the deceased’s removal to the Westport Hospital in an ambulance. However, the ambulance had proceeded only a short distance when Graham died.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 466, 22 September 1928, Page 5
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190INJURY TO FOOT LEADS TO DEATH Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 466, 22 September 1928, Page 5
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