FATAL BUSH ACCIDENT.
(By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.) TAUMARUNUI, Saturday. Walter Johnston, aged 34, was accidentally killed at Kakahi yesterday afternoon while bush-felling. An overhanging limb struck him on the head, death being instantaneous. His relatives live in Waihi. An inquest was held by Mr. A. S. Laird and a verdict of accidental death, no blame attainable to anyone was returned.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 138, 12 June 1911, Page 6
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