Man Fatally Injured When Tractor Overturns
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DANNEVIRKE, Nov. 8.,lQhn Donald McPherson, single, aged 26, whose parents reside at Te Papakuku, met injuries at Whetu*hura, near ormondville, on saturday whfie using a tractor on the farm Of Mr. H. O. King, from which he died in the Dannevirke Hospital abOfft 12 hours iater. He ieft early. on Saturday mdrn.ing. to do giant discing. in rough country about a. mile and a-haif from the King homestead. When - he did not return for tea, Mr. King 'went to investigate, He found the tractor on its side and McPherson .pinne.d undemeath with a feg sev^ ered'rielow the knee, and oonscious. Mr, King hqd tq go back for help and it wa's 2 a,m. on Sunday before McPherson was admitted to hospiml, where he died an hour later"An inquest was opened and adjourned-
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 November 1948, Page 4
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