THE LAKE AT ELLERSLIE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13391, 21 January 1907, Page 6

THE LAKE AT ELLERSLIE.

I SETTLER'S NARROW ESCAPE. I HIS HORSE DROWNED. j The miniature lake formes! at Ltiei'slie receded -lightly fluting Satuiday and vestc-r----i day. ami it ha? been found that, three of the I springs which lav., been feeding tins body , of water nave dried up. It is estimated that the water has subsided sic or 6in. but ■ the load is .-till covered, and is a -outce of , .danger to persons unaccustomed to the ; [track. This fact was deun-nst u'.-il on ; , Saturday evening, when Mr. W. (I'Hara, a : .--•.•till of PapaLeetcw'. in drivi eg hum* from ; j Elb-rsiii' 1 , had his lints drowned, and went : ! perilously near losing his own 'if-?. II - | : unci a. small wooden building tied on to I I the cast. In traversing the submerged | I portion of the road. Mr. (I'Hara go! too far i 1 on to the side, with th" result that the j I whole concern fell ever the stone wall into 1 15ft of water. Mr. O'Hara wis, un it.'.-;- to ; i swim, but fortunately he succeeded in i '. climbing on to the top of the '. ' structure in the cart. which was i ' ''Jill above the water, and thus. [ perched high and dry, was sab- till assist.dice came. The horse, being unable to I kick itself tree from its environment I perished before it could be release i. AtI tracted by Mr. O'Hara's cries for help. i neighbours appeared on the scene .some 15 minutes after the accident Impelled, and as i the cart was fairly close to the wall, man[aged without much difficulty to rescue Mr. I O'Hara from his perilous position. The i cart and the dead horse were pulled out of I the water yesterday.