LEG PIERCED BY PRONGS.
ACCIDENT ON FARM.
ENSILAGE SWEEP OVERTURNS.
[BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] TE AROHA, Tuesday.
While engaged in 'ensilage making on Mr. Alcock's farm, Mr. W. A. Wright, of Manawaru, received very severe injuries to his right leg. He was operating an ensilage sweep witl\ two horses when two of the long metal prongs fouled the ground and upset the machine. The driver was thrown between the plunging horses. The sweep was righted again tut the frightened animals, by their behaviour, caused one of the prongs to enter Mr. Wright's leg in three places before he was finally extricated. He also received minor injuries to his head and arms.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20760, 31 December 1930, Page 10
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110LEG PIERCED BY PRONGS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20760, 31 December 1930, Page 10
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