MAN KILLED.
—«• — BY FALLING TREE. PINNED AGAINST STUMP. ACCIDENT NEAR PALMERSTON. [By Telegraph.—Press Association] PALMERSTON N., Aug. 10. On a bush farm at Table Flat, near Apiti, yesterday afternoon, Mr. Robert James ,an elderly man, was killed bv a falling tree. Messrs. James and O Pussell were felling a totara, which was caught and nung in another tree. They chopped through two more trees, but one proved to be rotten. When it snapped suddenly, Mr. James, who was very deaf, endeavour-, ed to jump clear, but failed. He was jammed by the chest against the stump.
Mr. Pussell sawed the tree through, but was unable to release his companion, who apparently was killed instantly. The police and Dr. Barnicoat were taken to the scene by settlers.
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Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20082, 10 August 1937, Page 3
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126MAN KILLED. Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20082, 10 August 1937, Page 3
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