Samoan Boy Killed By
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Falling Coconut.
From Our Own Correspondent.
Apia, Mar. 3.
IN the Aleipata district, at the east ern end of the island of Upolu, a nine-years-old Samoan boy, Falao, was struck on the head by a falling coconut when walking home from school recently.
He was instantly killed. It is a rare occurrence in Samoa for people to be injured or killed by falling coconuts.
In the same village a 10-years-old Samoan boy, Palavale, was riding with his brother on the main beach road when suddenly their horses shied and ran away. Palavale struck his head against a coconut tree and was killed.