Fatal Accident
«. (PEB UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION.) Dunedin, This Day. The particulars to hand about the drowning of Mr Charles Eddie, manager for Thomas Calcutt, who is the valuator of lands taken for Pnblic Works purposes by Government, show that he was proceeding in a sinule buggy to meet a train at Goodwood Station. He was warned of danger, bnt made light of danger. He crossed the Pleasant River bridge safely, but his buggy was completely washed away at a dip in the road, over which the river was running. Some men on a hill near by saw the accident, but could do nothing. Eddie's body was found on Sunday morning a quarter of a mile away, and the horse a short distance from the body. The buggy has not been recovered.
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 72, 20 November 1883, Page 2
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131Fatal Accident Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 72, 20 November 1883, Page 2
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