A BUSH TRAGEDY.
INVERCABGIi.iI, October 21
On Sunday a miner named McGregor found the body of an old man named McDonnell or O'Donnell, in the bush on Longwood Range. The man was last seen on the Ist of November last, when he visited a prospector’s cla*m on the Mertival diggings, and on leaving took the direction of Longwood. Be would appear to have got into the bush a n d lost himself, travelling in a semi-circla over heavy country. He had almost reached the ojren when he succumbed. A pipe and matchbox were lying bfside the remains, as if dropped from hi* hand O’Donn/il was known as “ Mca Bird.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1377, 22 October 1886, Page 3
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109A BUSH TRAGEDY. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1377, 22 October 1886, Page 3
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