A LARGE SLIP.
THREE MEN BURIED ALIVE
[By Telegraph—Press Association]. [ Dunedin, last night. News reached Palmerston to-day that a largo slip of earth had taken place at the Government lime kilns at Inch Valley, by which three men were buried. Only the scantiest particulars are available. It appears that- the men were working in a cutting 30 feet deep when the sides collapsed and buried them. It is believed it will take seven days before they can be reached. Dr. Hislop proceeded to the locality by special train from Palmerston.
The' names of the men buried are believed to be : Murray (married), Flynn, residing at Dunback, and Hannah, of Mornington. Gangs of men were at work trying to rescue the men.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 147, 3 July 1901, Page 2
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121A LARGE SLIP. Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 147, 3 July 1901, Page 2
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