KIHITOHI BUSH FATALITY.
RIMU TREE SPLITS AND CAUSED TWO DEATHS. (Per Press Association.) Taihape, October 2. The evidence at the inquest on Cornelius Goad (sometimes called Reardon) and Albert Allen, who were killed at Kihitahi yesterday, showed that a falling rimu tree lodged in the fork of another rimu tree, which split down while the felled tree was being pulled down by a. hauler, the halves of tin split tree falling different ways and striking Allen and Goad who were pinned to the ground by the limb. Both were killed instantly, the bodier being badly mutilated. Allen leaves a widow and one child. Goad’s relatives reside in Sydney. A verdict of accidental death was returned, no blame being attached to anyone.
In the bush, the foreman stated, the practice of hauling away trees stuck up was usual, but he had never known a tree split before.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 33, 2 October 1912, Page 5
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146KIHITOHI BUSH FATALITY. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 33, 2 October 1912, Page 5
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