INQUEST.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1062, 1 May 1882, Page 2

INQUEST.

An inquost was held at tho Empire Hotel touching- the death of .John Friroenger, who was'killed by a falling tree on Saturday last., Ajuryqfl3.was empanelled, ..ofwhich Mr T: E. Price was,ohoiea foreman'.' "•'■■'• • '■" '■-

: Henry James deposed, that deceased worked for him as busbfaller it Woodlands™ the Upper Tau'eru road,.. Found his body on Saturday.tast at. about halfpart Bix.,p.m.- Had gone to deeeated whare about 6 p.m., and not finding hiw there took t, lantern and went to look for him whera he .worked. ■■■. It was quite ; .dark and raining very heavily. Noticed a tree hid fallen baokwards amqnge{ (he and inatead'of forward.' Ho went round it and found deceased dead beneath it. He was in a sitting position,' tho tree being on his back, bit face near Ilia knees. Witnoaa could not extricate' thebody, so went down io : Masterton lo iufurm the bolice, whoeome'up at aboutmidnight and removed the body to Masterton. The man wai iober and under* atobd his work. Last saw him alive at 7 o'clock on Saturday morning. In answer to question: Moat,of /the" acarf was on the upper aideofthe'tree.The tree waVo'n the aide of the hill, and when the last blow was struck must have.shot off tho stump and slid some distance down the hill, striking" deceased nearer the branches than the butt.

Constable Hemming deposed that im. mediately on the report of thelgqt witpi, he.went to "Woodlands,-reaphifl'g there at about i; o clock, Ho had the body ex. tricatfld and.brought to Mastertou in.a brake we had taken for the purpose, reaching the latter plaoe at about i 6'olflok on Sunday morning, " The jury returned a verdiet. of •». acoldental death." A rider was added that the jury are of Apmion that the.deoeased Was not,an experienced buihmah, and that, nmshould Uot be,sent out by themBelves to fall trees unless they are experienced hands; '