FATAL ACCIDENT.
BUSHMAN'S DEATH. KECK BROKEN BY STEEL WIRE. (By Telegraph. —Own Correspondent.) WHANGAREI, this day. A fatal accident resulting in the instantaneous death of Mr. M. Morns, head bushman, at Mr. Rosa' timber mill, Waipu occurred yesterday afternoon at three o'clock. The accident happened at the mill, a steel rope breaking with a loud report, swinging round, and strikine deceased to the ground. He was found to have sustained a broken neck. Deceased leaves a widow and two children.
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 281, 25 November 1921, Page 4
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