ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
A SCHOOL BOY KILLED. Per Press Association. FEILDING, April 19. Walter Viles, aged eleven, was riding to school at Waiata this morning on a broken down racehorse, which he had not ridden before, when the horse bolted, stumbled and threw the boy, whose foot was held by the stirrup. He was dragged 400 yards and when picked up his head was smashed to pulp. The boy immediately expired His sister witnessed the whole occur--rence.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143770, 19 April 1912, Page 3
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77ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143770, 19 April 1912, Page 3
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