A FAMILY ALMOST ANNIHILATED
(PflK PHEB3 ASSOCIATION.) Sydney. Ootobor 15 A sad accident occurred on tho Murray river to-day. A man named Gurnoy was going on tho river m a boat containing his wifo and seven children, when suddenly a mass of earth fell from the bank knocking the bottom out of tho boat. All tho occupants wore thrown into . the water and six of the children were drowned. Gurnoy himself waa seriously injured, and his condition is considered critical, Mrs Gurney received a severe shock, and her mind is unchingod.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2254, 16 October 1889, Page 2
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91A FAMILY ALMOST ANNIHILATED Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2254, 16 October 1889, Page 2
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