SENSATIONAL BOLT.
TELEGKAPIt— SVP.CUI COHKRBPONDENT ) Dunedin, January 21. A sensational run-away occurred in Princess Street last night. A horse attached to a gig in which three persons were seated became unmanageable, and after a mcteoiic career, dashed right through the plate-glass window of Bannister's chemist's shop at the foot', of High Street. Lucidly the trap was not drawn through tho window, or the occupants tvould have been seriously hurt. The horse was fearfully injured. Great difficulty was experienced in removing tho animal from the shop, and tho police procured a revolver and shot it on the spot. Three largo plateglass windows were smashed to atoms. Tho damage is estimated at about £70 60 far as the chemist is concerned
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 412, 22 January 1909, Page 9
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119SENSATIONAL BOLT. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 412, 22 January 1909, Page 9
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