A Shocking Death.
(Per Press Association.) DUNBDIN.'JuIy 9. James Cowan, proprietor of a coal pit at Gibbstown, near Arrowtowu, was entombed on Saturday by the J collapse of the timber of the tunnel, , nnd was imprisoned for five hours be- t fore his" dead body was recoveredf £at£r. < James Cowan was going for his « dinner, which his little girl hid J brought, when the ground uu<?er his l Feet gave way and he fell into the old . tvorking-s. About four hours elapsed before (be men could dig him otr, by \ ivhich time life was extinct. He ] eaves a widow aud cix children, c s..
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 8, 9 July 1895, Page 2
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104A Shocking Death. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 8, 9 July 1895, Page 2
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