A SENSATIONAL STAMPEDE.
A seroki tion, was caused in Sydney on the . evening of Jan. 30, by a stamped* of horses ; Jae&ngfng to the Federal Contingent : through the city. It seems that the horses, ' which have been without exercise owing. to 'the sad'dleiy not being < complete, were turned out neaT the camp for a. stretch. When time came to get them in they were surrounded, bub being frisky they wont through the lines in a body, and about 1 three hundred cleared the fence and got .into the "streets. They w«nt through j ttariinghuret at a gallop, scaring, people, ; mhv. scattered; in. all directions for shelter, - -Fifty* broke off at the top of William Street, and came down King Street, bringing up at the water's edge, where they were ■ secured. A couple of casualties have been reported as a result of the staanpede. 1 TrooW Upton, of C Company, was severely injured internally. He was knocked down in the first rush and trampled upon. Three of *he 'horses ran into a cable tram in the New South Head Road, and a passenger, a young woman named Grace ■ Sriowden, was taken to the Sydney Hospital 'suffering from bruises and shock. Ine i Worses We' scattered in all directions. One oi them was foundi in Bayswater. Road-, Darlinghurst, with a broken le£, and was destroyed.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7329, 15 February 1902, Page 5
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223A SENSATIONAL STAMPEDE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7329, 15 February 1902, Page 5
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