BUSHFELLING ACCIDENTS
TWO MEN KILLED. Auckland, August 12. Two bushfelling fatalities have occurred in the Far North. IMr. Teri Pirikito BristoAve, a married man, aged 40, Avas engaged, together Avith 19 others, on a bushfelling contract at Orakau, Avhen he Avas struck on, the forehead by a; small limb of a falling tree. He received a fracture of the skull and died Avithin half an hour without' regaining consciousness.
Mr. David Apiata, a married man,; aged 24, of Oromahoe, Avas engaged with another man in felling; an isolated tree at Waimate North. He called out to his companion to; get clear; but he himself Avas struck by the falling tree and received a fracture of the skull, and he died later. His companion got clear.
The district coroner at Kaikohe, Mr. T. Guerin, conducted inquests, and a verdict of accidental death Avas returned in each instance.
'Both men Avere experienced bushmen, and all possible precautions Avere taken in the felling operations. \
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Manawatu Herald, Volume LII, Issue 4795, 13 August 1932, Page 1
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161BUSHFELLING ACCIDENTS Manawatu Herald, Volume LII, Issue 4795, 13 August 1932, Page 1
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