DRAGGED BY HORSE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 12, 17 May 1939, Page 4

DRAGGED BY HORSE

GRAVE INJURIES $ "-'J awakeri'far"meA' badly hur^ 2_ $ IN ROPE < ;! Very serious- injuries were rcc(Mc\l. by Mr J- Gobbie, aged about 60, Awakeri, a well known farmer, wlu ..J was dragged for a considerable dls- -ujl tance by a young half-draught horse J which he was training on his pro- *J perty yesterday afternoon. Mr Gab- | bie in some manner got his tangled in the end of a long rope which was attached to the horse & neck, and the animal, which was young and flighty, bolted and drag- ' ged Mr Gobbie round several paddocks, injuring him very badly. > j| It is not knowni for how long he was actually dragged, but after a while his plight was noticcd by some r neighbours who came to his rescue J caught the horse and freed him. He y was deeply unconscious and his rescuers believed that life was • They summoned Dr F. J. and Constable H. Hedley from Wha-|M katane, who found Mr Gobbie in very serious condition. In the absence of an ambulance it was necessary to requisition a lorry ■} whereon the injured .man was brought to the hospital. He has a compound J fracture of the leg and is very seriously injured internally. Little ' is held out for his recovery. i Early this morning his conditio!* was still very serious. * i !• * i