A SAD FATALITY.
BOY killed BY FALLING TREE. Taihape, Oct. 6. Wilford Thomas Ford, aged eight years, son of Mr George Ford, a farmer, near Rangataua Lakes, was killed on Saturday. His father was felling a small tree, and deceased and a younger brother came near just as the tree was falling. Their father called to them to run, and both ran different ways, the deceased going under the falling tree. He was instantly killed. At the inquest, a verdict of accidental death was returned.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1155, 7 October 1913, Page 2
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85A SAD FATALITY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1155, 7 October 1913, Page 2
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