FARMER KILLED
EIMU TREE UPROOTED. (For Press Assodafion.—Conyrieht.) , MASTBETOX, This Day, A young man, Mr Xeil George M r - Kay, aged 2."), was killed on his farm a' Alfredtnn vest onlay when lio was struck by the limb of a falling; tree. A wind of almost gale force uproote'T a large rimn tree, a branch of which struck Mr McKay when lie stepped our of a nearby tent. Death is thought ff. have been instantaneous. The fatality occurred in very rough country, and settlers had an arduous task in bringing the body to the homestead. Mr MeTvay was a Bush representative Eugby player, and was a member of a well-known Gladstone family.
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Northern Advocate, 18 May 1934, Page 3
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