Life Saved by a Newfoundland DogSome time back, two young men engaged a boat for a short excursion on the river Ribble, near Preston; and about half-past one o'clock in the afternoon, when on their return, and near to Pieston, they commenced the dangerous practice of trying which was strongest.— Neither of them, it appears, could swim, and suddenly one of them fell bickwards out of the boa', and immediately sunk. Furtunaiely a party on the shore perceived tin l accident, and almost at the same moment, when heating the plunge, a powerful Newfoundland Doi; sprang into the river, nnd reached the sp t just ai tho body rose. On the cap of the sutferer preserving itself to view, it was seized by the dog, but it gave way, and the body sank n second time. The dog, however, finding he bad missed his object, abandoned the cap, anil barking furiously, returned in time to get hold of the drowning man by the arm, as he ngain rose to the surface. This hold he relinquished, and then seized the collar of the young man's coat and swam with him (keeping his head above water) till he reached the shore. The person thus rescued was carried to Mrs. Smith's, " Ship Inn," when it was thought life was extinct; but upon the usual methods b'.-ing resorted to, he began to show symptoms '>f rcanimation, and though not out of danger from the effects of the submersion, it is hoped that he will recover. The name of the young man thus providentially saved by this noble animal, is Kb bard Craiston, a native of Kendal. The owner of the dog is a Mr. Wild.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 2, Issue 35, 25 April 1850, Page 4
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281Untitled Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 2, Issue 35, 25 April 1850, Page 4
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