BOAT ACCIDENT ON THE THAMES RIVER.
(By Pigeon Expbess.)
(from oub own cobbespondent.)
Paehoa, Thursday,
Mr Cook of the Thames, Mr and Mrs Reid and family, and some others were going down the river in a boat belonging to Mr Snodgrass this morning, and when nearing the wharf the boat struck on a snag, which made a hole in the boat below water mark. The boat quickly filled and went down. The occupants of the boat had a narrow escape, but* they were rescued by Messrs Mulgrove and Smith, having sustained no further injuries than a ducking, and the ladies and children a fright.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2496, 5 January 1877, Page 2
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104BOAT ACCIDENT ON THE THAMES RIVER. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2496, 5 January 1877, Page 2
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