ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
(per press association.)
Auckland, January 22.
A fatal accident occurred at Foster's Bush, near Coromandel. Charles Bennett and William Reddy went into the bush to fell trees. Reddy was up a tree cutting off a branch, while Bennett .was clearing underneath, when a large limb fell and pinned Bennett to the ground. Reddy could not lift the limb, and went for assistance, but when help arrived Bennett was dead. He leaves a wife and three children.
Dunedin, January 23.
A ten-year-old son of David Porter, South Dunedin, was killed by bis horse bolting at Bluespur, where he was spending his holidays. The boy and a cousin were thrown off, the latter not being seriously hurt.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7370, 23 January 1902, Page 2
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118ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7370, 23 January 1902, Page 2
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