ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
A NARROW ESCAPE. MASTERTON, July 31. Through fouling a strong current while fording the Waingawa river today, James Fouhy, a carting contractor, of Masterton, had a narrow escape from death. Fouhy was carting metal from the river, and attempted to ford to the town side through the usual outlet. Three powerful horses were attached to the dray, hut the velocity of the current tossed the drav completely over. Fouhy was thrown' under, anil had it not been for the tailboard, being broken his escape would have been impossible, as the dray Was securely anchored. The horses were drowned. KILLED BY TREE. DUNEDIN, July 31. Malcolm Morrison, a widower, aged about 55, residing at Stirling, was killed while felling bluegurns on his nephew’s property at Kaitangata, this ntternoon. The tree which they were working on was apparently rotten, and fell in the opposite direction to that of the ropes, striking Morrison, who sustained fatal injuries. An inquest will be held to-morrow.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 1 August 1924, Page 5
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