When Mr C. Charleston, of Te Kopuru. was doing some voluntary pick and shovel work the other day he had a narrow escape from death. He was under a cliff doing some work for the purpose of diverting a stream of water from the Boating Club's property when he heard a rustling among the bushes overhead, to which he gave little attention. Mr Burke, who was standing near. s_\v the danger and called to Mr Charleson to jump and the latter at once did so. Several tons of earth, containing heavy boulders, fell on the place •where he had been «working, and but for Mr Burkes warning Mr Charleson K o«M lt-ve been b~rie_ alive.. :
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 53, 2 March 1907, Page 6
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115Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 53, 2 March 1907, Page 6
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