COWS WASHED AWAY
IN TROUBLE AT FORD. The deceptive nature of . the ford through the Patea River on the stock route through Stratford yesterday caused a drover to lose temporarily .several head of cattle. The river was still • swollen after the week’s rain but judging it by experience the drover considered it was feasible to drive the herd through. The stock had difficulty immediately and before the drover could do anything the cattle were washed away. One came ashore behind the band rotunda, two landed at Windsor Park and one came ashc*e on private property another quarter of a mile down the river. Swept along by the turbulent river, the animals were badly bruised when they came in contact. with the big boulders that studded the frothing water. .r
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 December 1935, Page 7
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