DANGERS OF FLOOD.
MINISTER'S EXPERIENCE. 1 'CARRIED : IKiVfiS' ; RIVER , •; tBT.Tn,E6BAMi:-^N.COrWsPONMNT:] : ,' v ' ' : .. -_ '* ;,, ; W«an«ed»v.S' The ; PrMby^rian/.minißt^r. . stationed < ,at Ormond.'.lho' J: J.;Hall; hadva,ybry '.-experience- -in-..',^^.the'- -Kaiiakanaia Creek one daydirfing.'iheiTecent'. storm, When no reached: 'the creek on lis way home_ to Orniond' he/found Jfcj ma, dangerously flexed. Being 'awdons to-reach.homo he'urged-'his horse forward, but .soon . found ..himself. ; in' > v difScnltiesi Rider - arid' .horse Vwerr^wept"' r down by, the ,;.turbnkril 4urrenfc T saddle, girths broke, /and Wltall ; .T?as 'washed \ off'. his^horge;;. i he succeeded ; ; in-..waging =th*iEariakanaia side of' stream:';: horse iswam ajshore^safely. Some days;aft«rFards : th'e saddle was found^a'cb«id"eribl* d&tinls> down' tho"stream. Mr.'."Hall-.' ? .'settler'B h,bm'e \i pr : MTer>lVdayß 'until 'the floods : subsided. ; ' - ''"'."'. ;■;■■ '-r.t■■. v>>'•;■■ ■■ ■' : - : '.'■ i-vAVi-'."■-'v•■':'■,-..'-"; /.>. ■*. ;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15626, 4 June 1914, Page 9
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109DANGERS OF FLOOD. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15626, 4 June 1914, Page 9
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