FATAL ACCIDENT AT MORVEN STATION.
During the heavy rains on Tuesday, the 23rd ult., Charles Stewart, a woohvasher, attempted to cross a creek running near to the shearing shedfl, which was very much flooded, having overflowed its banka and submerged the adjacent flit. He was desirous to pass from one hut to another, the two buildings being separated by the creek. To accomplish this he went along a_ wire fence which crosses the country at this point. When about midway the current proved too strong, and' swept Stewart into the torrent, where he disappeared. Deceased was accompanied by a man named Duff, who waited on the bank to see how Stewart would succeed in his attempt before himself ventuiing. Deceased was a native of Scotland, aged about twenty-five years, and has latterly been employed in the Tua-eka district. Mr M'Lean, manager of the station, organised a band of over twenty-four men and systematically searched the (.reek, but without effe;t. It is supposed the body was carried into the Lindis River.
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Evening Star, Issue 3987, 4 December 1875, Page 2
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170FATAL ACCIDENT AT MORVEN STATION. Evening Star, Issue 3987, 4 December 1875, Page 2
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