Fatal Bush Accident.
Mabtos, This Day. A shocking accident oocurred on Saturday at the Ofcamakapua block, twenty-five miles north of Hunterville. Two men named Kivern and Ash were felling a tree. They had cut the front scarth with the axe and sawn the back, and were standing behind aa the tree fell when it slipped back over the stump. Keveru was struck and waß insensible for two hours. When he recovered consciousness he found that the tree had cut the body of Ash ia halves, The remains will have to be carried fifteen miles through the bush before they can be put on a conveyance.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 212, 7 September 1891, Page 2
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105Fatal Bush Accident. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 212, 7 September 1891, Page 2
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