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Foreign News
November 11, 1789
The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Near Kirkcudbright, Scotland, two young girls drowned while bathing in the River Dee on Monday evening; a third was saved by a dog that grabbed her head and a man who assisted from the shore.
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EDINBURGH, August 6.
On Monday evening as three young girls were bathing in the river Dee, near Kirkcudbright, two of them were unfortunately drowned, and the third would undoubtedly have shared the same fate had it not been for the assistance of a dog, which caught her by her head, while going down. The girl, when she found herself seized by the sagacious animal, grasped it with an eagerness natural to one in her situation, which would have rendered such assistance abortive, but for the timely interference of a man from the shore, who, seeing the perilous situation in which she was, humanely ventured into the water, and laid hold of the dog, which still held her fast, and by this means saved her life.
On Monday evening as three young girls were bathing in the river Dee, near Kirkcudbright, two of them were unfortunately drowned, and the third would undoubtedly have shared the same fate had it not been for the assistance of a dog, which caught her by her head, while going down. The girl, when she found herself seized by the sagacious animal, grasped it with an eagerness natural to one in her situation, which would have rendered such assistance abortive, but for the timely interference of a man from the shore, who, seeing the perilous situation in which she was, humanely ventured into the water, and laid hold of the dog, which still held her fast, and by this means saved her life.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
What keywords are associated?
Drowning
River Dee
Dog Rescue
Kirkcudbright
Bathing Accident
Where did it happen?
Near Kirkcudbright
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Near Kirkcudbright
Event Date
Monday Evening
Outcome
two young girls drowned; third girl saved by dog and man.
Event Details
Three young girls were bathing in the River Dee near Kirkcudbright when two drowned. The third was caught by a dog by her head while going down. She grasped the dog, but a man from the shore intervened, holding the dog to save her life.