FELL OVER A CLIFF.
Dunedin, July 27
On! Sunday evening William Lord, a. tunnel man working on the Otigo Central railway for the past ten months, lost his life by falling over a precipice near where Barewood Creek empties into the Taeiri River. On Sunday he was drinking at several sly grog shanties at Deep Stream,
and was seen going towards his house at Flat Stream, four miles distant, at about 6 o'clock in the evening. Yesterday morning Henry Clark, while riding along, noticed the body at the foot of the cliff track which deceased took. It is a most dangerous one at certain points, especially at night time. His footsteps were traced to the spot where he stumbled and fell headlong apparently (for his head, was much disfigured) a clear space of 100 feet, and then he must have fallen a further distance of 200 feet. Part of his watch chain was found hanging to his "V est, and search being made the watch was found where his head had Btruck at the first fall of 100 feet. Deceased was 40 years of age, and unmarried.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5558, 28 July 1886, Page 2
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187FELL OVER A CLIFF. Grey River Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5558, 28 July 1886, Page 2
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