ACCIDENT AT GORE SALEYARDS.
—— I FALL FI«.IA1 TOl> OK CATTLE PEN. ■ A very painful accident occurred at tho Gore kaleyards to-day to an elderly man named Joseph Haggnrt, who resides at Croydon Siding. Mr liaggart had been walking along tho top planks of the cattle pens at tho | yard.s and was just about to ch-ficend when liis foot slipped as In; was about to j place it on tho first rung of the plank \ ladder reaching to tho ground. The ■■ uufortunato man fell to tho ground, a distance of about seven feet, striking the ground heavily with his head. Wd- , ling hands soon carriod tho sufferer to i one of tho offices wnncctcd with tho j yards and I)r Rogers, who was sent for, 'arrived in a low minutes. A hurried i examination showed that Hajari, was ! suffering from concussion of the spine i and tho doctor ordered his. rrnnova to 1 tho hospital, whom ho wa- Hnmcdiutoiy .removed in Dal-'iy snd Co. s | motor-car.
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Mataura Ensign, 30 September 1913, Page 5
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165ACCIDENT AT GORE SALEYARDS. Mataura Ensign, 30 September 1913, Page 5
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