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Fatal dccHeut. Drowned in the
Great Pond, in Middleboro, on Sat
urday, the 9th inf. Nicholas Power
AMI Nathan Bird, who belonged to
Stoughton, drivers Of the New Bed
ford and Bottom Mail Stage, and a
young lady, pailenger with them,
by the name of Poly Spooner, Of
New Bedford.


They were returning from Bolton,
Bird and Power in feparate ileighs,
and drove on to the pond, when
both fleigts and hOrfes broke through
the ice. They had with them Eve
pafengers Power, IN the forward
1eigh, and the perions with BIN,
efcaped. He returned, and fell a
vi6fim to his humane exertionS in at
tempting to extriCate his unharPyfel-
lowtravellcrs. Every communication
Is due to Capt. Elias Samion and
MIR. Gerlhom FoGer, for their rel
olute endeavours, who, With othcrs,
were attempting 70 relieve the un-
happy fufFerers. Twice Capt. Sam
fon broke in through the ice with
the drowning-They were unable
for rome time to Gnd the bodies OF
4 perfons, drov ned, which as foon
they had done, they conveyed to
Cot. S4mfon's houfe, where every
p Tble mean was uled by a. con-
crurfe of afflicted an fympathiiing
;opIe, who were aaenbled to revive
trem, but in vain. Among thoie
ortunate perions. none more ex-
ci.es our rsgret than Nicholas. This
IN vas 4 naive IF Ireland about rs
years T age hao bcen in this coun-
/ raj yea and, we beheve,
mott O. tie time in the en-
-i-.n the C-rr ers OF the Bed
ie.s lis l. n this country,