Fatal Accident. A fatal ac.eiden'occurrcd at New Plymouth on Saturday evening to a young man named William Watt, of Christchurch. He ascended Paritu. a Sugar loaf Island near tho breakwater, and fell over the zig-zag, a distance of 30 feet, and. was killed instantaneously. His skull was Smashed in. His body was found on Sunday morning by two of his cousins who bad been searching for him all night Deceased was the son of Mr McGregor Watt. Manager of the Christchurch Meat Company He made the ascent alone, and it is thought that his spur caught in something andtr pped him and that he fell oyer the precipice.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 2545, 22 August 1893, Page 4
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108Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 Temuka Leader, Issue 2545, 22 August 1893, Page 4
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