STRUCK BY TREE
MAN DIES FROM INJURIES POLICE SEEKING RELATIVES IN OTAGO Special to the Daily Times MASTERTON, Feb. 2. Joseph McMurray, also known as Robert McMurray, a tractor driver, suffered severe head injuries when struck by a falling tree to-day and died in an ambulance on his way to the Masterton Hospital. McMurray. who was employed at a mill in the Rewa State forest, is believed to have come from Dunedin or Roxburgh, and the police are anxious to discover his relatives who are thought to live in these districts. Little is known of McMurray’s previous history, except that he is a returned serviceman. He is believed to 'have been single, was of medium build, about sft 6in tall, and was from 28 to 30 years old.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26996, 3 February 1949, Page 4
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128STRUCK BY TREE Otago Daily Times, Issue 26996, 3 February 1949, Page 4
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