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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 163, 13 July 1868, Page 2

The Grey Eiver Argus, July 4, gives the following account of another boat accident, by which a man named Charles Melville, in the employ of Mr H. Rowe, butcher, Cobden, was drowned. On Thursday night Rowe and the deceased went up the river in a waterman's boat, accompanied by Bacon, the waterman, for the purpose of bringiug down the carcase of a bullock. The night was cloudy, with heavy rain, rendering it impossible, on the way down,' to see the snags ou the falls. While running down Snag Fall the boat struck, immediately filled and went down, leaving the three men struggling iv the water. Rowe and Bacon managed to get ashore, but Melville was carried away and drowned. The Panama railroad has been opened 11 years, and during that period 400,000 .passengers and 61 4,535 tons of goods have passed over the line. This year it is expected that 150,000 tons will pass over it. In 1856 the income was £27,348, and the expenditure £106,050. In 1866, the income was £424,995, and the expenditure £24,105. We notice that specimens of silver ore, reported to be very rich., .have been discovered in Queensland, hear. Rockhampton.