INJURED WHILE DIVING.
(Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN, January 4. Oscar Gurr, aged 20, who resides at Caversham, was hospitalled on Saturday afternoon suffering from injuries to the spine received whilst diving at Brighton. He is progressing favourably. -Horowhenua Chronicle, 4/1/1926.
ACCIDENTS AT DUNEDIN
(BY TELEGRAPH. — PRESS ASSOCIATION.) DUNEDIN, This Day. Oscar Gurr, aged 20, who resides at Caversham, was taken to the hospital on Saturday afternoon, suffering from injuries to the spine received whilst driving at Brighton, and is progressing favourably. -Evening Post, 4/1/1926.
NO IMPROVEMENT
Oscar Gurr, who sustained spinal injuries whilst diving at Brighton, and was admitted to the hospital on Saturday in a dangerously ill condition, is not improving. -Evening Star, 5/1/1926.
Osgood Harry Gurr, who sustained injuries when diving at Brighton on Saturday last, was operated on yesterday afternoon, and at latest advice is progressing as well as can be expected. -Otago Daily Times, 6/1/1926.
FATAL DIVE
YOUNG MAN'S DEATH
Osgood Harry Gurr, nineteen years of age, who was injured while diving at Brighton on January 2, died in the Dunedin Hospital last night, an inquest being opened by Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M. (sitting as coroner), this morning.
Sergeant Boniach represented the police.
Henry Gurr, wagon inspector on the railways, and father of deceased, gave evidence of identification. Deceased resided with him at 12 Baker street, Caversham.
Colin Strafford Clark, clerk, deposed that he went to Brighton with deceased. They went in bathing between the bridge and the beach in water about 4ft 6in deep, Witness dived in first from the sand, which was practically level with the water. Witness touched the bottom with his hands. The water was clear, and there was no obstruction on the bottom. Before deceased jumped in witness was out of the water. Deceased remaining under water longer than he should have done, witness jumped in and pulled him out. He could not move his arms and legs. From the way the sand was stirred up, witness thought deceased must have struck the bottom. Medical aid was summoned, and deceased was sent to the hospital.
In answer to the coroner, witness said the place was safe for bathing. It was all right for a plunge, but not for a deep dive. The inquest was adjourned to a date to be fixed later. -Evening Star, 7/1/1926.
FUNERAL NOTICE.
THE Friends of Mr and Mrs Henry Gurr (and family) are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of their late son, Osgood Henry, which will leave their residence, 12 Baker street, Caversham, SATURDAY, 9th inst., at 2 p.m., for the Anderson’s Bay Cemetery.
CHARLES J. THORN, Undertaker, David and Marion streets. -Evening Star, 8/1/1926.
Personal
Hockey players throughout New Zealand will regret to learn that death has claimed one of the most distinguished players Otago has ever produced — Mr Osgood Harry Gurr, of the City Club. Mr Gurr, while diving at Brighton during the New Year holidays, so severely injured his spine that he passed away yesterday morning in the Dunedin Hospital. Though only 19 years of age, the deceased had reached the highest pinnacle of hockey fame, in addition to representing the province on several occasions, he was selected to play for New Zealand in the test match against Australia last year, and his performance in that game was a material factor in the success of the New Zealand team. -Otago Daily Times, 8/1/1926.
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