ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
Per Press Association. Auckland, January 7. A waggon and five horse team, driven by Andy Wintle, got into deep water in Waikato river at its exit from Lake Taupo while the horses were being given a drink. The waggon and horses sank in twenty feet of water. Wintle and three children who were having a ride in the waggon, had a perilous experience. The children clutched Wintle and drew him under the water. Two boats put off to the rescue and rescued Wintle and the children. The former was very .exhausted. The loss of the team represents about £3OO to the owners, Goodson brothers.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9339, 7 January 1909, Page 4
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107ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9339, 7 January 1909, Page 4
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