The Southland Times. MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1869.
The Chamber of Commerce is to meet to. morrow on important business — see advertise, ment. A correspondent of the ' Daily Times,' writing from Long Ford, Mataura, under date the 2lst ult., eaya j — "Mr William M'Nab, Knapdale, had a narrow escape this morning from drowning. While he was crossing the Mataura river, near the accommodation house, his horse bucked and threw him off in mid-channel. Mr M'Nab was carried down by the current for a distance of about 200 yards, and would certainly hare j been drowned, had not Mr Burrowa, who had witnessed the accident, run down to his boat, and saved him just as he was sinking. The rescued man was immediately ' conveyed to the nearest cottage, where prompt measures were taken to restore him, under which he speedily recovered.
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Southland Times, Issue 1172, 7 June 1869, Page 4
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