SETTLER INJURED
DRAGGED BY HORSE Special to THE SUN COROMANDEL, Friday. As a result of being dragged by % horse for some distance, Mr. Normal Jeffcoat, of Colville, was severely in* jured. Mr. Jeffcoat was loading a pack* horse with stores when some ropes eie tangled his feet and tripped him. The horse reared and bolted, dragging hint through the Te Hopoe Creek, a rough, stone-bedded stream. He managed to free his feet after being dragged for a quarter of a mile. At the Coromandel Hospital it was found that he was suffering from a fracture of the skull, several deeo flesh wounds and other severe bodily abrasions.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19300531.2.45
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 986, 31 May 1930, Page 5
Word Count
107SETTLER INJURED Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 986, 31 May 1930, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.