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Kumara Times, Issue 738, 10 February 1879, Page 2

LATEST UNPUBLISHED.

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SERIOUS ACCIDENT, Wi3L!.r..vuTox, February 10. An accident, occurred yesterday ;it ITorokuni Valley. Mrs and Mr Niehol and their four children were in a tr.i: 1 when, iu turning a sharp bend where the read is wry narrow ( u cuus'quence of it h ivoig l.eeii much Out awiy l>v tlio late floods), tli. : horse shied uni the who In party with tlio trap and h irso were precipitated over a perpeudicn'ar bank over 30 feet hi .ih. Tli.-ce of the sufferers were, so inj ired tliat tlicy ha 1 to lie cjuvom'il t> tlio ilosp'td. Tin; eldest girl about. \,[n6 had her .-knil fractured, losing ,i potion of the !■ ain and a coutmlu ite I frac\ure of one. ami : siio is not expected to rec )vcr, as "she now lias in u very precarious po.sii.iem The other cliildren wore much bruis-d. shaken, nnd cut; The baby, which was in Mrs Nichols arms, escaped in.li irfc. though tiie mother was much hurt ami shaken. Mr Niehol an I o ie of the children escaped with Jitle or no

damage. Tlie horse was much bruised and cut, ;\nd the trap entirely smashed.

It is stated that the Land Tax valuers appointed now number 214. On the occasion of presenting the Marifana, Dr Divsr, responding tn the toast of the Stewards, said they would endeavour to have the railway extended to the race-conrse next year. • Jones, a storekeeper, who disappeared from his house last Tuesday, has not yet turned up.