Shocking Death.
Dtmmn, July 27. On Sunday awning William Law, a tunnel ■■a working on the Otago Central Railway, lost nk HU by falling over a praaipiee nasi vb«e tbe Banwood Creak empties itself into the Talari River. On Sunday be was drinkat several sly-grog shanties at Deep ■*■ l •■d be was seen going towards bis ■Masai flat Stream, four miles distant, at o’aioak in tbs evening. A young Maul Heavy Clark, while riding along, ■otiaed the btriy at tbe foot cf a cliff. Tbe fcuk deceased took is a most dangerous one at asrtaia points, especially at night time. HilAvUipi were traced to tbe spot when b# ■trnUed and fell (headlong apparently, lor •■•■••kdUagQiad), a clear space aflOO«Md,aadtlußhamßat baea fallen a •ntber dutaaea o( 900 last Bart ol hie I** Mi nc kpyiai to Ua w», Mi
search being made the watch was found where his head bad struck at the first break of the fall. Deceased was 40 years old, and unmarried.
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1863, 28 July 1886, Page 3
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164Shocking Death. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1863, 28 July 1886, Page 3
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