Newton County GaArchives News.....Esquire Alfred Livingston and Grandchildren, Almost Drowned February 5, 1891
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The Georgia Enterprise February 5, 1891
     Last Sunday night, about 8 o’clock, Esquire Alfred Livingston, one of the 
oldest and best men in Newton County, came near losing his life by drowning. In 
company with two of his grandchildren, Miss Guffin and her ten year old 
brother, Mr. Livingston was returning home from Bethany Church in a buggy. 
While crossing Snapping Shoals Creek, which was very high, his horse fell 
through the bridge, or got his foot in a hole thereof, and the occupants of the 
buggy were thrown in the stream, where the water was ten feet deep. The little 
boy reached the bank someway, but the young lady and Mr. Livingston could not 
get out, and in order to save their lives were obliged to hold to some bushes 
of drift wood to keep their heads above water. Mr. J. W. Black, a neighbor, 
heard their cries, and in company with a colored man, went to them. Mr. Black 
rescued Miss Guffin, while the colored man bravely swam out in the dangerous 
stream and brought Mr. Livingston safe to shore, but he was more dead than 
alive, and it required some time to revive him and restore him to 
consciousness. Mr. Livingston is yet very weak, as is the young lady, but the 
little boy has about recovered from the fright and injuries received.  The 
horse was drowned.


The Georgia Enterprise, February 12, 1891
     Esquire Alfred Livingston and his granddaughter, Miss Guffin, who came so 
near being drowned, have about recovered from the shock and injuries received. 
Messrs. C. Q. Cowan, Rob Loyd E. D. Thacker, J. W. Black and a few others, 
rendered heroic work to rescue Mr. Livingston and Miss Guffin from a watery 
grave on the occasion of their thrilling experience in Snapping Shoals Creek.


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