WILD STAMPEDE
HORSES AMONGST FOOTBALL CROWD
TWO MEN INJURED
.■• (By Telegraph.—Press Association)
WELLINGTON, This Day. The sight of 12,000 football spectators leaving Athletic Park on Saturday afternoon after witnessing the final for the Rugby championship proved too much for two draught'horses, which took fright, jerked the halters out of the hands of the men leading them, and set off at a mad gallop down the hill. A mild stampede for safety ensued. One horse's foreleg'struck a young man and hurled him with violence several yards along the road,- badly injuring him about the head.
The wildest excitement, reigned, and the wonder is that more people were not injured; but the animals were caught before further damage was done. Had the horses charged into the densely crowded sidewalks many people might have been killed. One of the injured men was F. J. Tatterly, contractor, of Hamilton. He was taken to hospital, where it was discovered that his .left ribs were fractured. He is progressing favourably.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 13 August 1928, Page 5
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164WILD STAMPEDE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 13 August 1928, Page 5
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