FALL OVER A CLIFF.
A NAVVY DROWNED. .»
' [press association.]
TAIHAPE, May 11. Information was received by the police here this morning that Patrick Riley, a... single man, aged 24, a navvy, who was working at Kawatau, near Mangaweka, while riding last night with two mates to camp disappeared over a cliff into the river. Riley rode behind the others, who received the first intimation of the loss by the riderless horse joining them. The men went back, and heard Riley call out from the river, but could not get to him owing to the high cliff. They went for poiice Assistance. A search was promptly instituted, but was unavailing. It was. renewed at daybreak, but so far has been without result. .-
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 113, 11 May 1909, Page 8
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121FALL OVER A CLIFF. Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 113, 11 May 1909, Page 8
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