ALDERMAN DOWN A WELL.
DRIVE N?UP BY A SNAKE. / ROCKHAMPTON, Sept/ 30. Mount Morgan is suffering from a water famine, and the conscientious desire of Alderman O’Brien to ascertain the depth of Avater in a 30ft well Avas responsible for a harrowing experience.
With other aldermen he was inspecting the toAvn Avells, Avlien he expressed a willingness to be loAA'ered. into one of the. Avells by the Avindlass. As he touched the bottom he was attracted by a hissing noise, and turning round he AA-as confronted by a sft \ broAvn snake, which Avas uncoiling itself ready to strike. O’Brien called to other aldermen in charge of the rcindlass aboA-e to haul him. up. They did so before the snake could reach him, but on alighting from the bucket at the moujh of the well O’Brien had received such a shock that he Avas on' the verge of collapse.
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Shannon News, 8 October 1926, Page 3
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148ALDERMAN DOWN A WELL. Shannon News, 8 October 1926, Page 3
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