Slip m the Gorge.
[Correspdndeht of Exchange.] Oil. Saturday last, about 8 o'clock uf "tlie toorning, a terrific-. slip jMace ii^^ ;ivianayrjitu Gorge. Tfir^ee; cpnveyi^^fi^Qr here were ati thjei time j^lii^^t<^lmer&ton^tiej^>eii : the place just, as ar lu#^^ some- tons of stuff camet dov^* The other two w«i^.tsji(jj| fortunately stopped, or probably "a dreadful accident would have.resulted. Messrs C. Bh'ss anil J ..: Parmmv ter, the drivers of the vehiclea;opro<! ceeded to clear the d^ris^ \v}\^t\\R former, on taking a survey of the mountain/above them, noticed 'stones slipping, and, taught by experience,., he warnbd Mr Partninter ibp di&ist 1 and " make tracks.?. The words <,weyer scSr'Cely uttered wKenT *a tremendous* i noise was heard above, caused L .,by. the , shifting' of the mountain side. The ■li'wd%ehtleiiien liaVl » haJr-lirraiTtK" es-' cape from a terrible doom. The sight* they -inform me, was - one of -^wrf ul~ grandeur; f iilly an acrei: ftfstaindin^ bush thus bliding and cvaijhjng do'wnj.ji ihe hill sidfr iuto the -river- below^ ■"Their/ guardian spirit may truly b& 'said to havo been guiding the destinies^ of these gentlemen. \''
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 285, 29 October 1884, Page 3
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177Slip in the Gorge. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 285, 29 October 1884, Page 3
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