ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9095, 14 March 1908, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Per Press Association. Gisborne, March 14. A bushfeller named Michael Cruickshank was killed by a falling tree at Tahora. His mate had_ a narrow escape from the tree, which was four feet in thickness. Four men carried the body three miles over rough country, and packed the body to Wharekopae, occupying 23 hours in going 28 miles. Deceased was’single, and was a native of Australia. His mother and sister reside in Gisborne. Masterton, March 14. A man named Alexnader McClelland was found dead in his room at the Club Hotel this morning. Deceased was aged about 70, and had been working on Brancepeth Station as a shepherd. Death was apparently the result of natural causes.

New Plymuoth, March 14. A farm labourer named Percy Hall, about 36 years of age, was found drowned in the Waitara River near Purangi yesterday. Deceased was working for a farmer named Glasgow, and went to muster cattle, having to ford the river. As he did not return another man was sent to look for lim, and found his body. An inquest is being held this afternoon. Hall had no relatives in New Zealand.