BUSHFELLERS KILLED
LOSS OF TWO LIVES
Two bushfolling fatalities have occurred in the far north (states the "New Zealand Herald"). Mr. Teri Pirikito Bristowe, a married man, aged 40, was engaged, together with nineteen others, on a bushfelling contract at Oraltau. Deceased was struck on the forehead by a small limb of a falling tree. Ho received a fracture of the skull and died within half an hour without regaining consciousness. Mr. David Apiata, a married man, aged 24, of Oromahoe, was engaged with another ni!.n in felling an isolated treeat Waimato North. Deceased called out to his companion to get clear, but he himself was struck by tho falling tree and received a fracture of the skull, and ho died later. His companion got clear. Tho district Coronet' at Kaikohe, Mr. T. Gucrin, conducted inquests, and a verdict of accidental death was returned in each instance. Both men were experienced bushmen, and all possible precautions wore taken in the felling operations.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 38, 13 August 1932, Page 7
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