ACCIDENTS NEAR CHURCHILL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9927, 17 September 1895, Page 5

ACCIDENTS NEAR CHURCHILL.

Accidents never come alone. No fewer than three have occurred within a few days of each other. The first to Mr. John La wry, of Glen Murray, who got rather badly bruised with a piece of timber falling on his shoulder when bush-falling. Another similar accident occurred to Mr. Murdock McRae, another settler, who get his leg hurt. Either of these accidents might have been fatal, but in both cases the sufferers have had to lie up for a time. The third accident befel Mr. W. H. Paterson, of Hot Spring Farm, Glen Murray, when driving home some young horses from Churchill to his place. The young ones took to the scrub, but being well mounted, and a bold fearless rider, he followed up close, and just as he had got them in hand, the horse he was riding, without any warning, rolled up in a heap, and pitched Mr. Paterson into a fence, where he found himself. When he came round, after his involuntary stretch of some half hour, and picking himself up, on looking around no horses were in sight. He had to go on foot back to Churchill, and get a horse, etc., from Mr. A. Gibb, bub nob a horse could be seen that day. He was more fortunate next day in finding his riding horse all right, but part of his equipment gone. Had Me Rae or Paterson been seriously hurt, either might have died ere help could have reached them, being alone. —[Own Correspondent.]