NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.
Dunedin, November 24. A very narrow escape from a heating fatality took place in the harbor, within a mile or so - of the city, on Saturday evening, Drs Macdonald and Colquhoun and Mr H. Fulton were out sailing when the boom of the sail knocked Dr Macdonald overboard. Happily he can swim, and the boat being got round, a rope was thrown to him, hut she was going so fast that the ropa dragged him under water, and he had to let go. Dr Colquhoun then jumped over with a rope, but Dr Macdonald, having been 15min in the water, was jnst succumbing when a rope sent from the shore reached him, and he w’ns saved when almost at bis last gasp. Dr Colquhoun was subsequently pulled into the boat safely.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 7342, 5 December 1884, Page 8
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