FATALITY IN BUSH.
TREE STRIKES YOUNG MAN. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) OPOTIKI, Thursday. Fatal injuries were received by Mr. Allan Kennedy, aged 23, in an accident in the bush at Toatoa, about 25 miles from Opotiki. The young man was employed by Mr. J. Sloan contractor, of Opotiki, in cutting logs for milling purposes, and it is understood he was struck by the branch of a falling tree. He died while being brought to the Opotiki Hospital. An inquest will be held to-morrow before Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 12, 15 January 1937, Page 9
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