A SUARE AT RIVERTON.
Wa find the following in an exchange: —The people of Riverton (Southland) were thrown Into a state cf consternation a few days ago by a rumour that an Iceberg twice as tig as Stewart’s Island was bearing down upon the coast, and nothing short of a miracle could j.r-vontit from coming aanore and burying the town. The rumour was started by a g’ergyman, who claimed to have been inspired, or had been the subject of a revelation, or had dreamt it, or something in that way, and as he was a man of unimpeachable veracity he was believed. Coming from such an authority, the rumour received ready credence, and the people made preparations for flight. The weather had become terribly cold, with boisterous shoviera of heavy hail, and the outline of the phantom iceberg was clearly discerned a few miles out to sea. J ust when the excitement was at its highest, the sun shone out in noonday vigour, and the harbor master, who had been taking bearings through a table glass, dispelled the illusion by that the supposed iceberg was only a clo.ud. The clergyman has since had reason to regret hie share in the business
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1377, 22 October 1886, Page 2
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201A SUARE AT RIVERTON. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1377, 22 October 1886, Page 2
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