LANDSLIPS ON THE SHOTOVER AND ARROW.
(Fi'-i'n t'i'.' Wahatip Mail.) For the information of the fiiends of the deceased, we publi-h (by request) a list of tlios ■ men who have perished hv the late floods and landslips on the Shotover and Arrow : — Patrick Gleeson drowned while attempting to cross tho i^hotover duiing the flood on the Sih July. About four m'lles above Moke Creek, Sliotover, on the I'2fh July :•— Wm. Bell, Alex. M' ln tosh, asred 3d native of Scotland ; Michael Townsf-rwl, aged 20, native of Calif.n, County Kilkenny; Jiichavd A.ylvvar.l, ;i g-orl 35, near Galsion, Ci) ri nty Kilkenny; Michael Cudoiiy, aged 2i, Cm lien, County Kilkenny ; John M-Don-ald. Skipper's Gully, Shotover, 12th July : — Timothy Sheehnn (ov " Yankee" Klieehan), native of Ardcannaught. Kil2;arry lander, Ciistlemaine, County Kerry, Ireland ; Kugene M'Mahon, native of Manor, Traiee, Counly Kerry, Ireland. Near Moke Creek, above Arthur'? Point, Sho.over, on the i^flih July: — John Lynch, Michael Lynch, Thomas Noonan, Michael E^an, natives of (Jlonrush, Whiie^ate, O'ahvay, Ireland ; Jmnes Kellv, Patrick Murnin, Patrick Travers, John .AL'Whinney, Robert Weir, William M 'Allen, Charßi Wilkinson At the Sar.dhilis, Shotover, on the 2-fith July :— John Fraser, native of Stirlingshire, Scotland ; Wm. Wilson. Samuel Wilson, natives of Scotland; Wm. Cummins, native of County Clare, Ireland; George Jack, James Allen, Joseph Mortimer, John Hornbuckle, Samuel Greiton, Peter Hunter, David Angus, another name unknown., injured — Andrew Gray, Andrew Guthrie. David Drew, Edward At tiie Arrow, on the 9th July :— Wm. Burke, one man name unknown; John Brous, Jchn Brown, Fred. — • . At Moonlight Uiver, on the 3Lst July : Thomas Cameron.
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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 80, 11 August 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)
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258LANDSLIPS ON THE SHOTOVER AND ARROW. Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 80, 11 August 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)
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