SHOCKING ACCIDENT IN SYDNEY.
AN AUCKLANDER MORTALLY INJURED. Prtts Association. — Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Sydney, July ] i. Mr. PocxsEX, a sporting writer of the Daily Telegraph, and formerly of Auckland, met with a serious accident to-day, which is likely to terminate fatally. Ho was riding through the streets when his horse bolted, and dashed into an approaching cart, the shaft of which penetrated the rider's left thigh, perforating the limb and fracturing the pelvis. The sight was sickening as Poulsen hung impaled for a few moments, and then fell to the ground. The sufferer was removed tQ the Hospital. The horse was severely injured, and had to be destroyed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8306, 12 July 1890, Page 5
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