RACEHORSES INJURED WHEN CROSSING TASMAN
Received Mondav, 9.30 p.m. ; MELBOURN E, Augiist 19. Two terriJied racehorsos broke loose from their stalls and were badly in- i jured when tlie steamer Waitaki was' lashed by UU-inile an liour gales 011 the! way from New Zealand. Wlien the sliip ' bertlied tliree days late in Melbournc today, oue horse liad an 18-inch wound1 on the riglit quarter and the other was; able to stand 011 tliree Jegs only. Other j horses and cattle wero badly bruised j and cut. Windows on Ihe bridge were smashcd by heavy seas and tho man at tlie wlietd was cut bv (lying glass. 1
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 August 1946, Page 7
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