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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


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William Ernest LONG

Farmhand for William PADBURY on Fairfield  Farm in Three Springs in 1921 [86: 3-Nov-1921]
He and Percy E. HUNT were cutting down large salmon gum trees on Fairfield  Farm on 31 October 1921 [86: 3-Nov-1921]
They were working about 100 yards apart and when he didn't hear HUNT's axe after his tree fell he went to investigate [86]
He found HUNT underneath a gimlet tree and got a horse to pull the tree off, but then discovered that HUNT had been killed [86]
It was believed that when the salmon gum fell that it had struck a gimlet tree, which had snapped, fell and landed on HUNT [86]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'William Ernest Long' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/william-ernest-long [reference list]




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