Pour horses and a waggon (says the Olayo Daily Times of September 4) were carried down the Waipahi Kiver, and the horses drowned, yesterday. The horses, which were the property of Messrs. Proudfoot and Maokay, contractors, were employed in taking plant from the Clinton section to the Tapanui section of the line. In attempting to ford the river the current was too strong tor them, and they were lost. , The driver with great difficulty goi safely to the shore.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5449, 13 September 1878, Page 3
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79Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5449, 13 September 1878, Page 3
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