ACCIDENT ON FARM.
ENSILAGE SWEEP CAPSIZES. (Bγ Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) TE AROHA, Tuesday. Severe injuries to the right leg were suffered by Mr. W. A. Wright, of Manawaru, when he was engaged in making ensilage. He was operating an ensilage sweep -with two horses when two of the long metal prongs fouled the ground and upset the machine. The driver was thrown between the plunging horses. The sweep wae righted again hut the frightened animals, by their behaviour, caused one of the prongs to enter Mr. Wright's leg in three places before he wa6 C finally extricated. He also received minor injuries to his head and arms, ;
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 309, 31 December 1930, Page 10
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