SAD ACCIDENT.
By Telegraph.—Press Association. Lyttklton, Saturday. A sad accidont happened here this morning.
A boy named Edward Loader was hill-climbing with two younger brothers, when Edward made an attempt to climb an old monument which is built of rough rocks. It stands 12ft high, and was used in connection with tho construction of the tunnel. Loader, on gotting somo distance up the face, caught hold of a stone which gave way with him. . He jumped backward on to the ground, but the stone, which weighed nearly 3cwt, landed fairly on bis head; and killed him instantly.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5131, 16 September 1895, Page 2
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97SAD ACCIDENT. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5131, 16 September 1895, Page 2
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