Extraordinary Occurrence.
', i, . ..#.;- — —. •.. '■>■■■ HEAVY TALL m EARTH AT .»,,« -i>>UOKLAND. NARBOW ESCAPE OP THE WORK- ■■:. .. ..-MEN. • ■ ■ ■ • (UNITED ?BESS ASSOCIATION.) AucKtASD, Aligußt 15. ; . An enormous landslip occurred at Emily- Blacft excavation this evening, as a .result of the heavy rain. The mew -were just leaving Work, when pieces »feli front the elite, ami they ran for. their, lives. From 5000 to 10,000. cubic yards fell, burying the drays and killing one horse, the driver of which escaped. The Beach Road is blocked Jfor three chains, and traffi • Stopped, j?or.tunately none of the numerous b'u«»ses were passing at the time, .or there would have been serious loss of Jife ;.or had the fall of the cjiff, occurred . earlier, few of the ■vrorking- party at the ea»b side could '■ have • escaped,- instantaneous death. • ' •' ' • : '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 223, 16 August 1884, Page 3
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129Extraordinary Occurrence. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 223, 16 August 1884, Page 3
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