SHAFT THROUGH BODY.
A SHOCKING ACCIDENT. With a cart shaft through his body, a . boy x 17 years of age, was, suspended in mid-air for a. moment, and then fell to the ground. .He died a week later.,. : : • ; ? /The'Sdetails;: of:;; the 4 ; dreadful -i accident ;; : t were contained in a report made by the police to the Sydney Gity Coroner. ;^^.>-;;;;-. .The victim-was- Sydney; ■|.J6bjj'-'N.eUj>'.'. .V Elswick Street, 'i Leichbardt. Qh '/Decern-':" ber 23 he and two other boys ksm' riding • ponies along Elswick Street," 'batNeill lost: control of.his mount,- and ; crimed r into a horse and cart .driven by John" Lander, of West 1 Street, • Petes-sham. The ". shaft of the cart penetrated;his abdomen, passing through his body and":emerging < 6in.'fron the back of the right thigh. ;-,. Neill was taken to.L*wiaham Jlo?pwM -", iu * sulky, and died therei ■.■•,-.•":'■'.':£•.;.. .'. '>';'.■..■.,."■..•': '.;.;.: .:'''■ \^^ : . r- :''■■■,■'■ V.'-" ■ ; '■ - : ' : r^:. : ' •- .-"■;.'-■:'.:'-'- -; '—'>L'i4:''*- >^' ; ' , ;■''■,'
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18294, 10 January 1923, Page 7
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