Fatal Accident.
: We regret learn that' a fatal acci-| -dent- pcpiirred -at B unnyithorpe yesterday ' afternoon, by which a young man nanied: Joh^; Jeffries, aged sixteen, lost; hisnlifei JPull .particulars of tbe sad ; ■occurrence have, not reached us, but our informant,! I.Mr Aid rich, informs us that the; deceased was felling bush' with bis tather, when a 'tree fell on him killing him instantarie-i ously. An inquest* will be : held ttt ! dsty, and the' funeral will f take place at' the Palnoeystpn^ jDem§tery s - Jto-^mgrrow^leav-ing^^unhy^hbrpe' at"id.3O, andi roach- j ing Pulmerston about, two , p.m. The; parents will have universal sympathy! with their bereavement m a steady, promising, and industrious lad meeting su^ch ■anjuritimely^f ate. -• We learnithat thoueh so young in' years the deceased was a capital hitnd at bushfalling. " "" ' "^
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1506, 14 November 1885, Page 4
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129Fatal Accident. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1506, 14 November 1885, Page 4
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