It was a sudden demise, completely sudden and to a younger, wholesome man who was combating match.
Born in 1913 in Brisbane to Percy and Lucy, Lawrence Chute was a well known determine round Coraki, on the NSW Northern Rivers, having labored on the put up workplace for about 4 years. He was additionally secretary of the Coraki department of the Hibernian Society, an Irish Catholic fraternal organisation the place members should be Catholic and both born in Eire or of Irish descent.
Gravestone for younger Lawrence Chute at Coraki cemetery.
The evening the 19 12 months outdated would meet his demise was a Saturday at a boxing match held on the Coraki stadium in late January of 1932. The group on the open air stadium noticed Lawrence and one other younger boxer, Gordon Thomas, go six rounds earlier than Thomas threw within the towel.
Lawrence was declared the winner.
Each males had been declared bodily match earlier than the bout. It was talked about after the battle that Lawrence had come away from the encounter fully unmarked. He then left to bathe at a pal’s place earlier than returning to observe a second battle.
Whereas sitting ringside Lawrence complained that his head was beginning to damage. He was taken again to his pal’s room, which was on the Membership Lodge, and after a brief lie down, he then collapsed and hurried to the Campbell Hospital. At 11.30pm the younger boxer was lifeless.
It was mentioned on the time, the demise had nothing to do with the battle, however occurred when Lawrence entered the lavatory on the lodge and slipped, hitting his head.
A coronial inquest discovered no blame to be connected to anybody concerned within the boxing event and that demise was attributable to a cerebral haemorrhage.
Lawrence is buried at Coraki cemetery, sharing his grave together with his mother and father Percy who adopted him 9 years later and Lucy who died in 1968.
References
Births, deaths, marriages Queensland, https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/, accessed July 11, 2018
‘Coraki Man’s Sudden Demise’, On line casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser, February 3, 1932, Web page 4.
‘Coraki fatality after boxing bout’, The Kyogle Examiner, Friday, February 5, 1932, Web page 8.
‘Demise of Lawrence Chute’, The Richmond River Herald and Northern District Advertiser, Friday, February 5, 1932, Web page 8.
This text first appeared within the Northern Star on July 14, 2018.
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