SUPPOSED DROWNING.
Presß Association. . OAMARU, September 2. A farmer .at Georgetown, r named James Fleming, is supposed to have been drowned in the Waitaki river about mid-day. He started, to ride across to Redcliff, on the opposite bank, and later' his horse returned riderless with one stirrup gone. The river lias been low for some time, but the late rains have swollen it somewhat. The settlers were in the habit of crossing on horseback, and it is supposed that Fleming was washed, off in the river, which runs very swiftly. He .was a son of the late Neil "Fleming, a well-known auctioneer here some years ago. Search parties go out in the morning. There is a faint hope that he may have reached one of the numerous islands in the river.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2175, 3 September 1907, Page 2
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131SUPPOSED DROWNING. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2175, 3 September 1907, Page 2
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