A BUSH FATALITY.
. -..'' " "'" :" '*,' ".'""'" "*"•*_■'," ;;.- ■'.. ■•..-,■ ■'~,}. .-... .y -■. . -yy : . MA2fGUEI> BY AN JSNGINE. .'' {By Telegraph.—Owe . ThelKstrJct Coroner (Mr. W; M. Wallnutt), has been informed t*Ut a tashman named Creighton, a young -man, ," : was killed in Cashmore's bosh at Katikati to-day. The accident was caused by a hauling engine, and the body wM -.*" badly mangled. The Coroner and 6mm geant McKinnon .proceed. to Katikat. to* "' morrow morning to hold an inqaestr No further partUrulars are to hand. .■■; ,-'.:. :S:'__*il__ATL.-th_» d_yi'',-y;' The inquest on the body -of -lyailf-y Creighton was held this morning at the Talisman Hotel, Katikati.- iVidenca --• ] showed thai d«r*ased was driving a> hauling engine in the bush, when The ■ belt slipped off 'the drum, owing to the'--' velocity caused by a log whiA war being hauled at the time, ttrrming down an incline! The pulley hjfbke," striking . ' deceased,: and nearly cutting him far . two. A-verdict of accidental death was) returned. Deceased was 20 years -of y age. His mother resides at Papakura. His father is dead; !— ; ■-" yy\
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Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 55, 5 March 1909, Page 5
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163A BUSH FATALITY. Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 55, 5 March 1909, Page 5
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