FATAL RACECOURSE ACCIDENT
HORSE DASHES INTO THE CROWD. [or TELEGRAPH.— association,] , Dcnedin, Tuesday. Michael Butler, a resident of South Dunedin, was killed at Taieri racecourse, to-day. Wimbledon, in the first face, ran among the crowd, and knocked down Butler and others, • ' Butler had his ribs smashed and his' head injured' seriously, with probably some internal injuries, He died about an hour afterwards. .Another man had his leg bruised.' ' " "
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10596, 10 November 1897, Page 5
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68FATAL RACECOURSE ACCIDENT New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10596, 10 November 1897, Page 5
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