BODY FOUND IN BUSH
Apparent Cause of Death STRUCK BY HEAVY LIMB By Telegraph.—Press Association. Rotorua, November 17. Apparently struck by a heavy limb of a tree which was found lying beside his body, a bushman, William John Jones, aged 45, a widower, was found dead in the Mamaku bush early yesterday morning. A search was made when Jones did not return to his whare on Wednesday evening, and the discovery was made by three of the deceased’s fellow-em-ployees at a spot twelve miles from the road in the heart of the bush. The coroner (Mr. W L. Richards) proceeded to the scene, where an inquest was held. A verdict of accidental death was returned.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 47, 18 November 1933, Page 9
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