A TALE OF THE DESERT
Reason, t of the Australian Tele- : ■ ' j^raph Failing. , A Famished Biishman cuts the i■■ " , y* ir *: , r/l ' J ' ' ' ) Through the- -courtesy of the Telejgrapji Department we (Wellington ] paper) are enabled to give the reason for the breakage of the telegraph line I between Porfc Darwin and Adelaide. ' The repairing party on tjie Port Darwin lino report having found a man dead amder the line, 130 miles north of Peake. In despair he had cut the jwire m order to bring assistance, His horse wns lying dead alongside the body. The nearest water was 20 miles distant.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 90, 11 March 1884, Page 3
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101A TALE OF THE DESERT Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 90, 11 March 1884, Page 3
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