THE ENTOMBED MEN.
WORST FEARS REALISE!*. (By Telegraph—Press Association.] Dunedin, last night. Gangs of men worked all last night to reach tho men entombed by the fall of earth near the Government lime kilns at Inch Valley. It was not expected tho men would be found alive, and the worst fears were confirmed at 8 a.m., when the bodies of Murray and Flynn were found close together. The former was pinned behind a truck. Flynn’s body was knocked about considerably. The body of Hannah was found nearer the end of the cutting. Ho had evidently made a dash for the face, but was caught by tho falling material. The cutting was 80ft deep, the formation being of a loose, gravelly nature. No doubt the responsibility of having the men working under the circumstances they were will bo made clear at tho inquest. Five men had been at work. One had gone for the mail. Another, named Service, had been apprehensive of the place. Murray called out that tho wall had cracked and was coming down. Service ran, and was hardly clear when the bank came down, and what was intended as a joke proved a terrible reality.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 148, 4 July 1901, Page 2
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