SUPPOSED CASE OF DROWNING.
By Telegraph—Press Associati-:.. OAMARU, September 2. A farmer at Georgetown, nan >;:■•:. James Fleming, is supposed; to huw in the Waitaki Riv. . about midday. He started to ivK across to Redcliff on the oppo.v'v.bank, and later his horse return-f riderless with one stirrup gone. TK river has been low for some tin; but the late rains have swollen somewhat. The settlers were in IK habit of crossing on horseback, and , is supposed that Fleming was wasln \ off in the river, which runs very swiftly. He was a son of the lav-> Mr Neil Fleming, a well-know:; auctioneer here some years ag\ Search parties will go out in IKmorning. There is a faint hope tha* he may have reached one of ti, s numerous islands in the river.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8527, 3 September 1907, Page 5
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130SUPPOSED CASE OF DROWNING. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8527, 3 September 1907, Page 5
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