THE INCH VALLEY ACCIDENT.
- •FISTDING THE BODIES, A GRIM JOKE. PEB PKESS ASSOCIATION. Dunedin, July 3. Gangs of men worked all last night to reac-i the men entombed by a fall of earth near the Government luiae kilos at luoh Vii'ley. It was not expectrd 1 the men wouli be found aliv% and the worst fxars were confirmed at 3 n.m , when the bodies of Murray and Flyon were found close toget her. The former was penned behind a truck.' Flynn's body was kncckad about considerably. The holy of found nearer the end of the cutting. He had evidently made a dash for the fac>>, but was caught by filling material. The cutting was 30 feat deep, the formation being of a loose gravally nature. Five m«n hud b*en at work. One had eon-» for the mail, and another named. Service had apprehendtd danger. Murray c*lled out that the wull had cracked and was coming down. S rvice run, and was hardly cleir when the bauk came down, and what was in-j fenced as a joke proved a terrible! realty.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 137, 4 July 1901, Page 2
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180THE INCH VALLEY ACCIDENT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 137, 4 July 1901, Page 2
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