CASUALTIES.
ILOR.T £Y FALLING TREE. Mr CL Chapman, who had just started - .vork biia contract to cut 100 cords of . irillow firewood in the Temuka Domain, ;mefc Trith.a. painful accident on Wednesuay afternoon. He was cutting down a ,- : tree when the trunk split up instead of ~. breaking off sborfc, with the result that . the butt end struck him, and in his fall Viie probably struck- another tree stump, jHe sustained injuries to Ids back and ':' shoulder, a broken rib. and a slight in';jury on the back of bis hp-id. He re- - ceived immediate medical attention,-r.nd was removed to Timaru Hospital yester-' day. i
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Timaru Herald, Volume 170, Issue 170205, 30 April 1920, Page 5
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