DRAGGED BY HORSE
FARM HAND INJURED. RESCUE BY RELIEF WORKERS. FORTUNATE INTERVENTION. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) PAEROA, this day. Patrick Hart, aged 17, met with an accident near Mrs. Treanor s farm, Waihi Road, Paeroa, from which he was lucky to escape with, his life. After finishing some ploughing the youth unhitched the team and was endeavouring to mount one of the horses to ride it home when it bolted along tlie road. His leg was caught in the harness, and he was bumped along the road for about half a mile, receiving numerous serious' bruises and abrasions. The bolting horse was caught by some relief workers, who were working on tlie, road, otherwise the consequences might have been more serious. The youth is probably being sent to hospital to-day.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 283, 30 November 1933, Page 5
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