A SAD FATALITY.
LITTLE BOY KILLED
I A distressing fatality occurred on the Awapuni road at 8.15/ a.m. to-day. Mr J. Gordon, of Te Hapara, and his two sons, aged. nine and six years respectively, were going to a paddock to bring m some horses, when the pony on which the youngest son — Thomas Percy Gordon—was riding suddenly took fright and shied, throwing, the" lad over the left side of the animal and dragging him for a distance of almost a quarter, of a mile. The father, also on horseback, endeavored! to stop the pony, but failing to do so, charged the animal on*! the left side so as. to bring it down. 1 The collision snapped 1 the stirrup and released the lad. Dr" Kahlenburg was summoned 1 and was soon on the scene, but could only pronounce life to be extinct, v
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19171108.2.8
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14449, 8 November 1917, Page 2
Word Count
144A SAD FATALITY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14449, 8 November 1917, Page 2
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in