A Fatal Accident.
♦ [Per Press Association.] BLENHEIM, August 16. A, landslip yesterday, at Oaamatutu, buried a child named Eichard John Gileß, son of a miner who was working in a tunnel close by. The child was quite dead when got out, after half-an-hour'B digging. An inquest will ■be held. The child's mother was also buried to the waist, but escaped unhurt.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5082, 16 August 1884, Page 2
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61A Fatal Accident. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5082, 16 August 1884, Page 2
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