The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-12-04 00:00:00

LITTLIBBREDY.

NARROW SWANS FROM DROWNING OALLAWr
immix —On Thursday last four labouring men here
nearlypost their lives. It appears that they were in
the employ of R. Williams, Fag., and were at the
time engaged in a host cleaning weeds from &ido-
lised pond—a large plea of ormamental water.
Thay were returning to the shore for the purpose of
getting their dinners, when one dike= who was
standing in the boat *aught his foot in some of the
and failing do wo,uposil the boal,orecipitatire
and hie companions into about 12 feet delete
of water overgrown with weeds, which prevailed
the men from swimming. The accident was olmierved
by a man named mi..n who pre an alarm and
promptly taking mother small boat it hand rowed
out to the drowning men. Rel succeeded in getting
to ass who laid bola of the boat, but could not lift
him out of the meter the man being much exhausted.
Re however held him to the aide of the boat and
reaching a second, not so exhausted, laying upon his
book, in which positionate- seixecifthe oar and safely
extriaated himself from the water and got WO
the boat. Mitchell still continued his 'hold of
the first man, and having the aseisteace of his rescued
companion the two managed to draw a third into
the boat in a date of tem piths lessee bility,the fourth
was also found-embedded in the weeds, and also
seised but the two men each having a senseless man
we on mob side of the boat, with a third lying upon
his back in the bottom, they were unable to make
say programs or ma an ear, the most they could do
being to keep the beads of the two men above water.
A crowd of people had by this time collected and
among them the Rev. H. Pigou, the clergyman of
the parimb,who seeing the state daffier, immediately
stripped and plunging into the water at the Imminent
risk of his own life, mem out to the assistenee of the
two men and reaching the host rowed the party
ashore Mr. Pigou's knowledge of the best methods
resumoitaliag life frees diowaing enabled him to take
the three inssesible men in obarge, but in the ORM
of ow of them named Cole it was upwards of an
hour before any evidences wee given of returning
animation, but bis body having been stripped and
rubbing and other means restored to under Mr.
Pigou's advice, life was eventually restored and thus
all four of the men were saved from a watery grave.
Information of the casualty having resoled the
rectory. Mae Pigoli was soceln'attendanos and by
the supply of hot oaths, fox, the wants and awed.
Mem of the 01.11 were liberally ssyyli.d sadloo much
credit cannot be given to the paateswurtby exertions
of Mr. and Mr'. Pigou sad the ma

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POOLE.
LITZILLIT Tueeday evening last
the Rev. C. W. Bin,freetorlof Bingham's Mel.
combs, delivered • looter. at the Town Hail, on
"The Literary History of the Foglia Bible," at
behalf of the (=de of the Likraity lastitate. The
Rev. A. Wilkinson, incumbent of St. James's,
occupied the chair. The rev. leetarer, having been
introduced In the eadiedoe, gag • moot interest-
tog account of the iliflillatfeladaoBll of the Holy
Scripture' into the ISOM tongue before the invest-
hoc of printing. He theft described the labours of
Tyndsi, his faithful translation of the revealed wrovi
into the English language after the invention of
printing, his perseostioss, end hi. martyrdom. Re
went on to relate the fsvoneble roadie of the quer. ill
of King Henry the VIM with the Pope, m regarded
the greed of the Scriptures in this country, and to
diatribe the various versions of the Scriptures which
wire used until James L ordered the accomplishmeot
of our present 'authorised version. H. dwelt'upon
the honest translation of the Scriptures as new to
use; end expessed • hope that me emeodations
would be made witboat the &Haat mind Wag paid
to the authorised trandation. The rev. genßemm
thee quoted seweote from their writings of many
eminent moo, ingressive of the admiration of
present transiation of the Scriptures. The alartallA
proposed • vote of thanks to the Lobos, and took
000mion to read a beautiful purge from Dr. Now.
inane in prides of our version of the Bible.
Mr. H. M. Aldridge, jun., thee proposed • vote of
thinks to the Mailman,
_afar which the Wiesen
separated.