CARTER'S FATAL ACCIDENT.
(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) THAMES, this day. A young man named J. McKendrick met with his death in a painfully sudden manner this afternoon. While driving a horse and cart down the wharf at Thames he endeavoured to turn the horse, which, however, was unused to the wharf, and backed over. The cart and horse were precipitated into the mud. It was low water at the time, and the cart turned a complete somersault, pinning McKendrick down. The horse lashed out, kicking him on the head. When rescued a moment later he was found to be dead. It is believed that the man was stunned by the kicks, and then suffocated in the mud. Another occupant of the vehicle had a miraculous escape.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 206, 29 August 1904, Page 2
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125CARTER'S FATAL ACCIDENT. Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 206, 29 August 1904, Page 2
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