ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES
A boy named , Ma'nd'ren,. abriu't. 'ty years of age, had a narrow escape from a rerious accident at Winchester on Wedni'tsdny lietween 'l?, 1 hitil' 1 o'clock'. Mr MaddiYu, of the Winchester' Flax Mills,'was abo tit to drive' 16''G(rraldine',' aiid after passing through a gateway put Irs little son in the trajV'while" lie waA shutting the gate.' Something caWe'd the horse to bolt, and Mr Mnddren made a'desperate attempt fo got to the''hhn-e r head, but he only managed to'reach 'the breeching of the harness and wns ultimately thrown down. 'The boy'' was; thrown out of the cart" and hung by the coat Io carried for about! 100' yards before the garment gave way, 'and he. fell! ' He strelained KPvoral nnrdv cuts' and .bruises, and it -was at first feared tbnt. a" w!k-"1 had gone oyer 'him. Hifi'fa'tier caught the' iTonds' train and 'look'' 1 lie' boy futile Temuka private hospital, 'where, he was attended to by Dr. Craw.'lnw, nnl' Inter on was taken' hoine. ' r Tho' l'it'tl.» _ boy bore" Hie pain" very ' phickily.' '' Mr ' Madrlreu ii'so surtaiiied' some ■sever!'' rnl.'si and' hrnise.q. but nothing serious, and the hor.T? and trap* We're 'tt'hinjtlred.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13649, 17 July 1908, Page 4
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195ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13649, 17 July 1908, Page 4
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