CASUALTIES.
DUNEDIN. June 3. A boy, named Frederick John Thomas Collingwood, aged 14 1/2 years, fell in front of a tramcar on Saturday morning, being seriously injured. He was taken to the hospital, where an operation was performed, but he died at 6.30 a.m. to-day. -Press, 4/6/1917.
DEATHS.
COLLINGWOOD. — On June 3, at Dunedin Hospital (the result of an accident), Frederick John Thomas, the beloved only son of Frederick and Catherine Collingwood, 30 Baker street, Caversham; aged 14 years 6 months. Deeply mourned. -Evening Star, 4/6/1917.
FATAL FALL FROM CYCLE
An inquest was opened by Mr Bartholomew, S.M., this morning on the body of a boy — Frederick John Thomas Collingwood, aged 14 years, who was thrown from his cycle near the Southern Hotel on Saturday morning, and who died from the injuries yesterday morning.
Senior-sergeant Hutton represented the police, and Mr W. O. MacGregor, K.C., appeared for the City Corporation.
Catherine Charlotte Collingwood, the mother, who lives in Baker street, Caversham, said deceased was employed in the Phoenix Biscuit Factory. He left for his work on Saturday morning at 7.45 a.m., riding a bicycle. She next saw him in the Hospital at 11 a.m., when he was unconscious.
Dr Bowie, assistant medical superintendent at the Hospital, said the deceased was admitted before 9 o'clock on Saturday morning with a history of having fallen from a cycle, and been picked up unconscious. Examination disclosed a large blood tumor over the vertex of the skull. He was quite conscious, but suffering from compression. There was, up to that time, no evidence of hemorrhage in the brain. He became unconscious after 10 o'clock, and at 1.30 p.m. he took a fit of five minutes' duration. It was determined to operate. The operation took place at 2.30; a small disc of bone was removed, and a clot of blood was found. The patient never regained consciousness, and died yesterday morning. They found a linear fracture passing down through the frontal bone to the frontal parietal suture on the right side. There was evidence of pressure on the base of the brain, but no evidence of a basal fracture. The cause of death was fracture of the skull, and hemorrhage causing pressure, with probably laceration of the brain. There were no bruises anywhere else to indicate that he had been struck by anything. The injuries were consistent with a fall from a cycle, but it must have been a considerable impact — he must have been going at a fair speed.
Joseph Thomas Preen, stock buyer at Wyndham, said he was staying at the Southern Hotel, and saw the accident. He saw the boy approaching from the south, and he fell off near tram pole 182, coming off on the Southern Hotel side. Witness thought the front wheel jammed in the train track. A tram was coming from town. It stopped about 15 yards past where the boy fell, but ho did not see it strike the deceased. It did not, in his opinion, strike him. The conductor jumped off, and his first question to bystanders was: "Did the car strike the boy?" to which they answered "No." Witness took the boy to the Hospital. Witness also examined the cycle, and the front cover bore a distinct mark on one side, as if it had caught in the tram line. He could not estimate, the speed of the boy; it did not appear to be very fast. He fell right on his head on the metal.
To Mr MacGregor: It appeared that deceased was crossing from his proper to his wrong side. The cones on the front wheel and the handlebars of the cycle, appeared to be loose when witness examined the machine. This was liable to cause a fall, particularly if it struck anything. The inquest was adjourned till Friday afternoon. -Evening Star, 4/6/1917.
F U N E R A L N O T I C E
The Friends of FREDERICK and CATHERINE COLLINGWOOD (and Family) are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of their SON, FREDERICK JOHN THOMAS COLLINGWOOD, which will leave their Residence, 30 Baker street Caversham on TUESDAY, the 5th inst., at 2 p.m., for the Anderson Bay Cemetery.
HOPE & KINASTON, Undertakers, 36 St Andrew street. -Otago Daily Times, 4/6/1917.
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