FATAL BUSH ACCIDENT.
Per Press Association. Auckland, September 28. A Maori named Tini Rau Ropiha was crushed to the ground in the forest at llauturu a few days ago by a tiee which he felled. Some friends »[ his who were working near at hand, not hearing the usual sign that all was well, namely three taps on the stump of the fallen tree with an n>:e. went to the spot and found the man's body tightly pinned down. They had to saw the tree across over hjs body. Bcforo they could release lum, ho was dead.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81854, 29 September 1906, Page 2
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96FATAL BUSH ACCIDENT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81854, 29 September 1906, Page 2
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