Sensation at the Gorge.

Bush Advocate, Issue 356, 21 August 1890, Page 3

Sensation at the Gorge.

The Woodville paper is responsible for the following :■— On Sunday night one of the railway workmen, was going through the Gorge when he heard a noise' and saw the aparation of a man near Bradley 's point.. Rumors of foul play having been, about, concerning 1 Walton the man ran as, hard/ as he could through the Gorge and created a sensation, at the lower ferry by narrating his story. , •, . On Monday night Messrs Andrew and Alfred , Pejters. .were,,, going through the (Jorge, to., meet the •coach with the 'Frisco mail. At a telegraph postnear Barney's Point they declare" they saw a figure of a man leaning against the post and waving his hand.' The, head was behind the gopt and they cquld not see it. On reaching 'Aahurat they related their experiences and were there told of the .occurrence of the, iiigM before." On returning they ■watched tfye place, closely, but saw nothing. . , . ; ,-,.■...>•.. ..•• ii On Tuesday night Mi Lowe went through the George, ( hia x>bjeot; "being to ascertain whether, r there; was a, possibility of ;Wal^vb©iag still 1 alive as .'some, Relieved,, bufc perhaps raving abput ; t'b,e,. : buskin,; the vicinitY of tHe rqa^., , He. ; sawn nothing. ,'Haid there been anyt]iing,| in 'ihia idea, " however, ] graces", .of, "Vyalteri wpulahave' "been seen, by,, the -search party on Sunday. v , . As Walton's body has not so .^ar "been found in the river it^is* £pw doubtful whether it is theife 'at, "all, as it; should have floated 'long ' ere this unless held down by a sna^. .