Thomas Hope MURRAY was leasing Goathurst Farm, Te Ore Ore, Wellington. On the evening of 8 May 1888, he accidentally fell down a 15-ft (4-metre) bank on Ohiro Road and later died in hospital of his injuries. Mr Murray was well known in the Wairarapa; he was a former owner of a station at Te Ore Ore, Masterton, and frequently judged stock at the Carterton Agricultural Show. The newspaper report said that his wife was away from home at the time. [Source: Wairarapa Times Age, 9 May 1888.]
Thomas Hope MURRAY was leasing Goathurst Farm, Te Ore Ore, Wellington. On the evening of 8 May 1888, he accidentally fell down a 15-ft (4-metre) bank on Ohiro Road and later died in hospital of his injuries. Mr Murray was well known in the Wairarapa; he was a former owner of a station at Te Ore Ore, Masterton, and frequently judged stock at the Carterton Agricultural Show. The newspaper report said that his wife was away from home at the time. [Source: Wairarapa Times Age, 9 May 1888.]
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To the memory of Thomas Hope MURRAY, born at Langshawburn, Scotland 10th April 1838, accidentally killed near Wellington, 7th May 1888.
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