THE LATE RIVER ACCIDENT.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 569, 13 January 1876, Page 3

THE LATE RIVER ACCIDENT.

! name, it is Robert Cunningham, and m the •ecund place the honor is due to only one man, Ti*., James <3*llj true. Cunninghim jumped OTerboard to attempt to get a boat, but Gall «ff what -was required, bring a m«n of selfpossession and oerre, »nd mado for a boat, »nd after most strenuous effort* succeeded, in getting it adrift, and if he had not used extraordinary ■trength he woald Live been too late You must 'remember that Gall is the man that almost sacrificed hio life in trying to save a man in t!he Waipa Intt August. Cunningham certainly deserve* the praiee ior that affaii at Rnngirin, but theie he had the advantage as he «aw the occurrence and had tine to take off aU Tni clothe*, and when Gall and Spargo jumped in — all ttanding of cou>ee— Ouimuighom h*d too much start for the others to reach the man. All I want to see is give honor wh-re honor ii due. You, of course, can curtail my long epiitlo to your own satisfaction. — I am, Ac, O X WHO SAW BOTH OOCUHHKNCEB— WILLIAIC Miu.ETT, Stbwabd PS. Rangibibi. [One time wish another, wt> think the tw> may T«qi well >t»nd equal in honor.— J£d. W.T.]

£»,— Will yon kindly allow me a small eontt.t 10 7<ur wwu»bl» paper to rectify tomebody s miaiakc. In your tebue of to-day you give all the credit (in regard to rcacuiug that woman II r -3P.-lc.Jtt t5J r Jt l*^ c w»ibrWg«) to " Bobert Buth«l»nd l r< Iv the first pl*c« UuktM, uot bit