N.F.S. MAN’S 30 FOOT FALL FROM TREE 

A 41 year old member of the N.F.S., David Gold, Houlet Neuk, Duntrune, was seriously injured yesterday after falling 30 feet from a tree on which he had been removing crow’s nests.
Accident happened in the grounds of Balgillo House, 30 Claypots Road, Broughty Ferry. In decending the tree Gold stepped on a branch which broke.
He was admitted to Dundee Infirmary with fractures to both wrists and right thigh and injuries to his spine.
(The Courier and Advertiser, Tuesday, April 25, 1944. Page 3)

DUNTRUNE MAN DIES FROM INJURIES 

David Gold, Houlet Neuk, Duntrune has died in Dundee Royal Infirmary as the result of injuries received in a 30 foot fall from a tree on which he had been removing crow’s nests.
A member of the N.F.S., Gold was 41. The accident happened in the grounds of Balgillo House, Claypots Road, Broughty Ferry. A branch of the tree broke while deceased was decending.
(The Courier and Advertiser, Wednesday, April 26, 1944. Page 3) 

Death

GOLD – At D.R.I., on Apr. 24, 1944, (the result of an accident) David Moncur Whyte Gold, aged 41 years, beloved husband of Marjory Winter, Houlet Nook, Duntrune. Funeral to Murroes Churchyard on Thursday, 27th. Those wishing to attend please meet cortege at gate at 2-15. This is the only intimation and invitation.
(The Courier and Advertiser, Wednesday, April 26, 1944. Page 4)

 

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