A TREACHEROUS RIVER.
IBy Tclccrapti-Spcelttl Oorresonndent.) • ••••>' ' ; Chr'istchurch,' September 16. . 'A little' over i tivclv? months ago tho wajr faring .community of North-Canterbury':,were, elated toUiear-that the Waipara Eiver w'asrtd' . bo bridged,: but it. is yet to be. - Within tho past month'the', treachery' of this river lias been the-cause of- one-or..two narrow escapes ■from- drowning. Last Saturday, whilst fording Dr. Fiyi, of OmiSf, was precipitated into tho stream by his, gig overturning.-"HOn ths followingl da.<- 'Messri.-'Todd and James wero; bathed in its. yellow- waters through broken' traces; and Mr, Croft had tho «imo experiencb-'on Monday through a similar "accident.. Dr. Baldwin, of Amberley, after emerg-' ing-from thewwaterr r into-which ho. was suddenly dropped whilst" crossing in his conveyance, had the. misfortuho to-' sprain his arm. ■
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 614, 17 September 1909, Page 8
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123A TREACHEROUS RIVER. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 614, 17 September 1909, Page 8
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