BUGGY ACCIDENT.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1890, 15 March 1880, Page 3

BUGGY ACCIDENT.

An awkward buggy accident, which fortunately was unattended by any serious consequences, occurred on the morning of March 13th. A lad named Thomas Hammoad, in the employ of Mr A. Moore, a corn merchant, residing in the Springfield road, had bean sent by his master to the Railway station to meet the early morning train, by which some friends were expected from Lyttelton. On the return, by way of Manchester street, with a lady and gentleman in the trap, the boy by some mischance got one of the reins under the horse’s tail. The horse got frightened and started to gallop, and the lad instead of slackening the reins, pulled the animal with all his strength, which had the effect of causing it to bolt. They traversed High street and through Cathedral square in safety, narrowly escaping a spill at the old Post office corner, but a few yards over the Colombo bridge tbe horse shied and threw the three occupants of the vehicle into the road. The boy appeared to be the most hurt of the three, but an examination in the Oxford Hotel by a medical man who was sent for, showed that beyond a severe shaking the boy had sustained no serious injury. The lady and gentleman were equally fortunate, but the buggy was very much damaged. The horse escaped unhurt.