Another fatal accident has occurred at one of the rivers near the Buller. The Grey River Argus reports that, "A bullock driver in the employ of Mr. Martin, Storekeeper at the Buller, was driving his dray across the Mokhinui river, when, owing to the fording place having shifted, the sea struck the eL-ay, capsizing it and causing the death of two men, one of whom was the driver, and the other a mate of Bill Fox, the prospector The bodies of the drowned men were found about nine miles to the northward, and. werq inferred, jn fl» W»etry at tha Bv^Uer,
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Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 206, 22 January 1866, Page 3
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