SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
AT A CYCLING EOAD BACB.
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) Timaru, December 5. A remarkable and serious accident maf" red the local road race of the Temuka. Caledonian. Society this- afternoon. ■ An eager crowd near the winning-post formed a harrow lane for the' riders. Mr. George Ward (president of the. society), ' who was in the front line, dropped a pen- ; cil, and stooped to pick it up, but before - he recovered himself a rider came along. at .'probably twenty-five miles an; hour,. and the pedal of his machine struck Mr., Ward on the side of the head. He fell unconscious; bleeding at the mouth, nose, 1 * aid ears. He was convened to.ih£ hosV-' pital in a. critical condition.-.The cyclist) was thrown, but was not hurt. , ; ..,
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1616, 6 December 1912, Page 4
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125SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1616, 6 December 1912, Page 4
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