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DEATH OF A CHINESE. WOUND BECOMES SEPTIC. AMPUTATION DECLINED. [BY. TELEGRAPH. CORRESPONDENT.] HAMILTON. Tuesday; The Chinese, Lowe Foong, who received injuries to. his leg while driving a cart between some trucks at the Hamilton railway yards- on October 31, died at the Waikato Hospital yesterday. An inquest was held, and medical evidence was given that gangrene set',; in. The hospital authorities wished to amputate the leg at the knee, but the, relatives of deceased refused to permit this. The coroner returned a verdict that deceased died of septic poisoning, the result of injuries received through his leg being crushed. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18864, 12 November 1924, Page 8 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NZH19241112.2.39&cl=search&srpos=12&e=-------100--1----0waikato+chinese--&st=1