A Shocking Fatality.
[' Thi Melbonrnb i-brre : ap'6hdent of the 'i Sydney Evening News supplius the fol- ! lowing particulars of a fearful occurrence in volf Irig the deafh - S 6f ?\w>^ Vneii/ Qhrch took place m a vhi«yard nepr Stawell on the 2nd instant :—" Three men named ! Trou vette, 1 Gobie, and TUbmpßo'n wen f to empty a wine vat. -The vat is 15ft ideep and; ,Bft .-in decenclecL, and, vi;as iminediatel^ oy&- --; powejrecr by the iutnes. ,'thln !deßb(B^ed^i> t &Bfeaii%^ ll k"^' I ha4 r pniy ttimetotio a rope round his ■fThdmp- ; son's.") waist and call o;ut^ to those on the to'p ! tli f pull dp{ wlfeh Wlinhfeelfc became overpowered ftnd^'fdi'iprosfePttte'.i^Gobie who was on the top^gave the alarm and came rushing up, and wantudlo descend, when Cobio tied the rope rouiud" her wai£ta a»d let; herj&\\si{, ghe^was slibr'tly afterward l dVaw(i. ; up in^enuiUle. Coble then dedemded^to rescue Tron vette, but before uid could -be obtained he was lying, Helpless ifct ltlje ibottojn; of ,tha /Vat. As soon as possibUvthe bodies o€ Cobie and |Tr<j,uyet{e %were rftised to^^estirfeoe, but m each casolifo wa8 f extiiict'. ' Bofh Were Ffenchuiieri. : ' "' ,-' ?I ;'' T " f * *
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1662, 19 March 1886, Page 2
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190A Shocking Fatality. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1662, 19 March 1886, Page 2
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