SERIOUS ACCIDENT
MAN INJURED AT TE AWAITE.
A man named Corbell, a returned soldier, employed on tho b'iddiford ' Estate at. To Awai'te, was taken to the hospital in a serious condition last evening. ]t app'-nrs that Corbelf was engaged -at 4 30 p.m. on Wednesday carting a. heavy load of timber. The. wagon w,|.; going up a hill, when llie reins.dropped. Corbell'sot off .I lie .wagou lo pick them, up, Iho horses nreeeed ug oheail at a walking pace. H" fi'iled to pick up the reins, and fell' and the hor-'CS increased I heir n-iie willi I lie , result that the wagon lipped over, and.Corho'.l \\a« pinned under tho tinibfr. He was in Ibis position for\about 20 liiintilu*. when two ■cadet". rcturiiiiiT lo tl»" homestead, found him ' Corbell was taken to, the 'homestead .-'Oil when' Hie sloanicr Hippie arr'ved off To Awaila yc-'irday moniiiig he was IraiisJerrnl to h.-r av-l lmi.i;r!il Ir. Wel'inploA. The he- n'lil ,nil!mrhe-< reno'rted lale last night Hint I lie mail's spilie w,T= ininird, ii■ I Unit hewns uocoiiscious.' 'His ctmuiliou'is critical. .■ "
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 144, 13 March 1920, Page 6
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176SERIOUS ACCIDENT Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 144, 13 March 1920, Page 6
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