A SHOCKING FATALITY.
BOY DRAGGED BY A HORSE. (BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] » I i Feuding, 1 Friday.- / ; "Walter Vii.es, aged 11 years, was riding V. lo school at Waiata'thia morning on a S broken-down racehorse, which he had not ' ridden before. The horfae bolted, stumbled,' and threw the boy, whose foot Was /} held by a stirrup, and he ' was then dragged 400 yards. When the boy was picked up his head '4v ' was smashed to a pulp. He immediately expired. His sister witnessed the whole occurrence. . ■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14972, 20 April 1912, Page 7
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86A SHOCKING FATALITY. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14972, 20 April 1912, Page 7
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