THE ACCIDENT AT TAPAPA.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1460, 10 November 1881, Page 3

THE ACCIDENT AT TAPAPA.

Constable Brenn in on his returned from Tapipa, kindly supplied tho following particulars : — Deceased who-e n tine i-* Jetemiah Mmmntf. was emploml with a native namod H')n Turi, telling d tree in Tapipa bmh. The fee, which win growing on thp face it steep hill, fell head downwards. Both men •-et to rawing the head off, and having succeeded, were about knocking out the wedges when the trunk slipped down hill carrying aeoea«.ed in fiont, a distance of 18 yaids. Finally, his progre s down hill w.is arrested by .1 piojecting io< k ug mist which he was jammed with gieut force. Death w.is almost/. in*t intaneous. News of the s-id event were conveyed to the A.C Cmip by the n.itive, deoeafed'H mate, who, it would appe ir, became too frightened to tender immediate assistance. On being extracted thp body whi conveyed to Oxfoid, wht'ie > on-tabl^ Bronnan in company wirh Di Cnshne\ of Cambridge wour out on Sunday find held an enquiry >i.t • the ■ iicuiu»tdnoeh No coroner being a>a,ild>le, the medic, d. attendant held a post mortem examination, and suti-lied himself th it ae^th had been ciused as allegrd D''ooi-ed who was buried at O\f 01 d is a si ranger in the district, and almost unknown.