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To: OtherChap who wrote (17556)9/19/1998 8:47:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph   of 164684
 
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Logging protester killed by falling tree

United Press International - September 18, 1998 20:28
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FORTUNA, Calif., Sept. 18 (UPI) - An environmental activist
protesting the logging of an ancient redwood forest in northern
California was struck and killed by a falling tree.
The Earth First! environmental group says 24-year-old protester David
Chain of Cold Springs, Texas, was standing among redwoods at Grizzly
Creek, about 300 miles north of San Francisco, when he was struck in the
head Thursday and killed by a tree that had been cut by a logger.
Pacific Lumber said they did not know the protesters were in the
area, but Earth First! members issued a videotape of the incident to the
media today, saying it proves otherwise.
The members said the video showed the loggers making ''death threats''
to the small group of protesters and telling them their lives were in
danger if they did not leave the area.
A statement from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department indicates
Chain and other protesters were playing a ''cat and mouse'' game with
the loggers before Chain was hit.
Chain was reportedly declared dead at the scene by the time a medical
helicopter arrived.
Sheriff's officials say the incident appears to have been an accident
but is still under investigation.
Chain had reportedly come to Northern California a year ago to join
the group's Headwaters campaign to save ancient forests.
Theresa Kintz, of the Earth First! Journal, said the group is
discussing filing a wrongful death lawsuit against Pacific Lumber.
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