A FARMER DROWNED.
[by telegraph.—press association*.] Wellington, Thursday. A telegram was received this afternoon from Constable Harnett, stationed at the Lower Hutt, stating that James Coulter, farmer at Waiwera, was drowned while crossing the Wainui-Omata River at halfpast two yesterday afternoon. Coulter and his brother-in-law (Sinclair) were crossing the river on horseback, when they were washed off. Deceased attempted to save himself by clinging to the horse's rein, but it broke, and lie was drowned. Sinclair saved himself by clinging to his horse's mane. The body was recovered this after noon.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9015, 30 March 1888, Page 5
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91A FARMER DROWNED. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9015, 30 March 1888, Page 5
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