FATALLANDERSLIP AT BOATMAN'S
The Peefton correspondent of the 11 Otago Di»i!y Tfmea " wiring on the 11th met. sayß : — Aunther landslip occarred at Boatraan'a at 7 o'olock thia morning, burying a cottage and eight children, with their father and m ther. The father and Beven ohildren have uinoe been rescued alive, bu!; the mother and one child were found dead. The Blip occurred near the Welcome Oornpany'a tnilfnga dam In Boatman's towoahip. There was trdmsndoua excitement there all day, the people working frantically to rescuo those burled. Tne slip came without warnlrg while the inmatns were aaleep, and cariied the cottage 30ffc before It, and the melancholy nataatropho haa oaat a heavy yloora over the community.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1789, 14 March 1888, Page 2
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115FATALLANDERSLIP AT BOATMAN'S Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1789, 14 March 1888, Page 2
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