THROWN FROM HORSE.
RIDER SERIOUSLY HURT.
FOUND UNCONSCIOUS ON ROAD
KAURI GUM BOARD MEMBER.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
KAITAIA, Tuesday,
A serious accident befel Mr. E. McDougall, of Waihopo, the northern representative of the producers on the Kauri Gum Control Board, when on his way to Waiharara on horseback on Sunday to attend a meeting. He had to pass a wrecked vehicle on the roadside and his horse shied. Mr. McDougall was thrown heavily, striking his head and back, and lay unconscious for four hours. He was found by Mr. Leyland, to whose house he was conveyed.
It was thought inadvisable to take him to hospital by road, and a launch is being procured to convey the injured man from Waiharara to Mangonui Hospital. It is feared Mr. McDougall sustained serious injury to the spine.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19717, 17 August 1927, Page 10
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