SHEPHERD KILLED.
PALL OVER SPUR. (Per Press Association.) Christchurch, last night. The police have reoeived a message from Methven stating that the head shepherd on the Mesopotamia station, named Ernest Oscar Charles Gilrnaa, was killed by slipping and falling on the frozen surface of a steep spur on tbe station on the 4th inst,, when mustering. When the other shepherds got down off the hills with their sheep Gilman was missing, and a search party was at odcb organised. The body of dtcaassd was found at 1 a.m. on the sth inst. with the dogs guarding if. It is presumed that the man was killed instantaneously by the fall. Tbe ground is treacherous, a covering of snow having been frozen by severe frosts. If the river is at all fordable, tho body should arrive at Mouut Somers at 3 p.m. to-day.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1743, 8 May 1906, Page 3
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