A RUN OF BAD LUCK.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXIX, Issue 52, 11 February 1913, Page 2

A RUN OF BAD LUCK.

Mr Arthur King, of Narrango, lias experienced more than a fair sh-jre of hard luck of late (wrote a correspondent of the 'Sydney Daily Telegraph' lately). Recently he lost nine head of dairy cows as the result of their getting bogged in the bod of the river, and estimated his loss at £Bl. On Tuesday morning he was driving a three-horse van to town, loaded with several cases of cream on top of which was stacked llewt of hay. About two miles from town he discovered the hay to be oil lire. the conflagration being caused through a spark from his pipe. Fortunately others came to his assistance. The horses with difficulty were released. Then the work of cutting the ropes holdin- the hay commenced. In the excitement Mr King gashed his left arm with a knife. He jumped on one of the horses bareback and reached l)r Hansard's in an exhausted state. Nine stitches were inserted in the wound The van was considerably burnt, all the cream and cans were destroyed, and a wa : stcoat containing a £5 note, was also burnt. Mr King estimates his loss at £35.