STRUCK BY TREE
BUSHFELLING FATALITY (By Telegraph.—Press Association) BLENHEIM, Tuesday Mr Glyndwr Truefltt Flower (31 . a farmer, of Canvajtown, married, with one child, died in the Wairau Hospital last night, following the amputation of his left leg. rendered necessary as the ' result of an injury received in a hush- ) felling ac-cident in the Wakamarina j Valley last Thursday. Mr Flower was retiring from a large < totara tree which was beginning to ! fall when the trunk suddenly split. | striking him a fearful blow on the I thigh and inflicting severe injuries J with a crosscut saw which he was j carrying. |
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Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20590, 30 August 1938, Page 8
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