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BUSHMAN FATALLY INJURED
(By Telegraph—Preso Association)
INVERCARGILL, This Day.
Bertram Hughes employed by Hamilton and Company of Papatorara was fatally injured yesterday afternoon when engaged in tree-felling in the bush at Tuatapere. Hughes and his companion Farquharson felled a tree which struck the butt of another lying on the ground. The impact threw the head of the fallen tree towards the base of the trunk which had just keen felled. Hughes was struck and pinned to the ground by the treehead. Farquharson was also struck but was able to call other bushmen working close at hand. The tree was lifted from Hughes who was alive but unconscious, and died before reachin"- hospital. Farquharson sustained fractured ribs, a slight injury to the lungs and shock. Well known as “Terry” Hughes the deceased was a married man aged 44, with two young sons. He was a popular resident of the district and was a returned soldier, having been badly wounded at Passclxendaele.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIX, 28 January 1936, Page 5
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