NAPIER, Last Night.
At the inquest on the body of John Smith, who lost his life at the sawmill j at j\Ygipujkurau, yesterday, ,the juiy returned a' verdict of accidental death. The evidence showed that deceased, who ' was working,nearer the, saw than necessary, was*at bnVeiid' of rile log and his brother, E. Smith, at the other. Der-, -ceased fwas nottseen 1 to i fall, by either; of I the three witnesses, but they suddenly heard a loud; call or scream, followed ,by an unusual sound from the saw. They then saw deceased lying motionless lon ' the .bench buried in jus my. %& ! eHbginyl Warstopped almost at the same time as the cry was heard, WWflhoee fi&W(&&eftffijiAis J to the bench he was found to be qui{;e dead, and his boclydntfin' ,two. The saw had] entered deceased's body at the right sjde of his neck severing the arm at the right shoulder, cutting through tlyj jChest-jnjan 'pblintf^ dii'ectipn; andjcoming* almosffi oub
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Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1684, 21 April 1883, Page 2
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159NAPIER, Last Night. Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1684, 21 April 1883, Page 2
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