Fatal Bush Accident.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7880, 24 July 1905, Page 2

Fatal Bush Accident.

ANOTHER .VICTIM OF THE TREACHEROUS TAYVA. Another name was urided mi Friday to the long list u( bushmen wly> have lost their lives \n th." Nick Mocks of New Zealand while engaged in tte Uaugcrous occupation of toiishfelling. Word was received that afternoon that a young man nunicd Thomas Arthur Malone, second son of .Mrs A. Malone. of Riverlea. Ji-.nl lieen killed while felling ; , m-e or. the farm of Mr Delamore, in 'the oiiter Mnngumingi. nhoul diS miles from Klthum. Dr. Wake lof I immediately for the scene of the accident, but 0:1 arrival could only pronounce life extinct. From the. particulars ' available it. a|i|ienrs that (lece.nsc.-l and Two others iv.-rc engaged felling on a sideling, deceased working l lie Iwcen the other two. lie was engaged bringing tlovvn n , "tj-iwivlrce, the most treacherous of all trees in the New Zealand bush, and .had apparently -only, put one scurf in when when the tree broke oil' so,mo viilslanco irp. From the. position of the body it seenif.d a« if deceased .must have- been getting out of the way, when the broken trunk (ell on him. pinning 'him to the ground. Hearing tie fall, his mates called out the usual imfuiry "Did it fall all right?'' Getting 1110 reply to, the lirsl and snhsoqucnl inquiries, they at one? went to see: what was wrong, i'nuling deceased's head and .Uudy'pinned to the ground. \he, i.i.wr limbs lning free, }l was found impossible to move the tret! or get the unfortunate, man. extricated, and the timber htal to be first qui away. When this was accomplished, us speedily as possible!, no-sign (if |iiv was .apparent. Dr. Wa'kti's, examination showed that the chief Injury was fracture of the base of the skull, mid thut dcvUh was probably instantaneous. Deceased, wh'n; was only twenty years of age, was very well known throughout 'the district, having resided in Haweni and Riverlea nearly ;,11 his life. The greatest .sympathy is felt, for hit w-idowud mother and her family.—Eltham Argus.