FATAL ACCIDENT AT TE PUKE

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5484, 14 March 1910, Page 2

FATAL ACCIDENT AT TE PUKE

Quite a gloom was eatl \^ Te Puke district on FridJT Jj^ when the fact became knoWX^ John Bird, one of the oldest *5* of the district, had met hit 2* the result o: un accident inftS* ranga Couaty (Xuncil 1 * 0 2*^ Papamoa, Te Puke. Tim v* * quarry is about 200 feet by? V ceased and another man wett in drilling operations alfcni'Sft* from the top, working ou ttW^T* i feet wide. B o .ne BtooSi2? detached above the men .J% estimated to weigh between 2jL^' 30lbs, struck deceased in iuV?] down the face, knocking him Jf ledge on to a large quantity rf ££ boulders about 12 feet beneath I? ous injuries resulted and aid wm* moned as soon as possible k^t unfortunate man only UngwTt? 1 short time after Dr. BrittinVanS 1 the scene of the accident deatk * suing as the result of hemonW the brain. Deceased, »bo 1 years of age, w«.s the eldest aoTll* late Mr William Bird, for nZIJi one of the most hi K hl- ,iS settlers in Te Puke. U e JjE*\ the North of Ireland andt««w2 hispaientt to Canterbury (ifaJa: land) when only three yeartdjj fc 1 family subsequently nxaovtA tob' kati and a few years liter to Te SI in which locality deceased hadnSi for a very long period. Wlwi4 verament threw the Papamot k open to selection deceased waa mi the successful ones at the ballot, Z!' ing a section on the TaPuke |5*J the settlement, where he shortly dJ wards built a home and took tot residence. Tha late Mrßirdatffr Miss A. Tanner (sister of lU ttL' tanner Bros., well known vfiu, ranga, Te Puke, Katikati and Wm and leaves behind to mourn thtvk! a widow, two sons and three daubi the youngest being U year77S Ihe deepest sympathy is left tan&i out the district for the beremwd^Sin tho great loss which b M ao« denly befallen them. Thefuuerilfc place yesterday afternoon, deeta«n remains being laid to rest in ito Puke Cemetery, gettlere from alii surrounding districts assembled tou their last tribute of respect to i memory of deceased. Th* Bti* service of the Presbyterian Chnrdu impressively conducted by the BaV'A H. Norrie. *