ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES. SERIOUS RACECOURSE COLLISION.
v [Bt Telegraph.— Press Association.J ) Cheistchuech. 14th May. r Mr. John King, grocer, an old resident, t dropped dead in the street this evening. 1 A man named John Horler, who was . thrown out of a trotting sulky on Sunday, . died in the Hospital to-night. » i Mrs. S. King, aged 83, residing at Fernside, 9 has beon found dead in bed. Death resulted 1 from senile decay. i t _ Gisboene, This Dat. t A serious collision between two raoe- . horses, Perkin and Napper, ocourred at the c Park. Nabper, it is alleged, was being . exercised the reverse way, and at a tnrn ran i into Perkin when he was being ridden full t gallop. Napper had a leg broken, and had to > be shot. Perkin wa« injured across the > loins, and is doubtful whether he will race" ' agiiu. Beady, the rider of Nupper, is 3 seriously injured internally, and had to be > taken to the hospital. Suff, rider of Perkin, - is also muoh shaken, and has had to lay up.
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Evening Post, Volume XLIX, Issue 114, 15 May 1895, Page 2
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175ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES. SERIOUS RACECOURSE COLLISION. Evening Post, Volume XLIX, Issue 114, 15 May 1895, Page 2
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