ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
FBI TELEGRAPH— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, 6th May. A man named Percy Young, who fell from a tree at Matakara yesterday, was brought to the Auckland Hospital suffering from a fractured thigh. GISBORNE, 6th May." Allen Reid was bushfelling at Waimate on a steep hillside about 10 o'clock this morning, when a tawa tree on which he and his mate were engaged kicked as Reid was putting in a back scarf, and fell, pinning him to the ground. His mate extracted him with difficulty, and then weut to the nearest homestead for assistance. One of the rescues rendered first aid, and at 10.30 a.m.' thfcy set off to carry the injured man. to a waiting buggy, three-quarters of " a mile away. The country waa so steep that the journey was not completed till 3.45 p.m., after which Reid was driven to the Gisborne Hospital. He is suffering from shock and a broken leg.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 108, 7 May 1912, Page 2
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