SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO DR. MacCARTHY.

Kumara Times, Issue 2938, 31 March 1886, Page 3

SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO DR. MacCARTHY.

The Bruunerton correspondent of the Argus wrote yesterday: —“A serious accident happened to Dr. MacCarthy this afternoon at Taylorville. Whilst riding along the road near the Rain how Hotel bis horse shied, throwing him off, but his right foot caught in the stirrup, and he was dragged about ten yards. When picked up he was found to be bleeding very freely. Dr. Langdon was immediately sent for, and bo at once ordered Dr. MacCarthy to be carried to Henderson’s Hotel, where every attention was bestowed .on the injured man. Dr. Langdon found that he had received amongst other injuries a severe fracture of the skull, and ordered his immediate remova-1 to dm Greymouth Hospital. Through the courtesy of Mr tiilliev, the train was detained a few minutes to enable tbe doctor’s friends to carry him to tbe Brunner station. Word was tele, phoned to Dr. Morice to be in attendance at the Grey station, and to provide a conveyance for tbe patient to take him to the hospital. Up to the time of the train arriving at the Grey station Dr. MacCarthy had not regained consciousness.”

This morning’s Argus further re

ports —“It may be added that the patient was immediately upon an-ival taken to the' Grey River Hospital, where he was attend' d to by Dr. Morice, Dr, Langdon being also in attendance. At latest accounts last night Dr. MacCarthy was in a most serious condition, though at. times he was semi-conscious. It could scarcely be said that be recognised anybody, but he could indicate that he was injured about the back. His body was considerably knocked about while he was being dragged by the stirrup. He has a very ugly wound on the upper and back part of the head, and altogether when Dr. Morice left him last night, about nine o’clock, his condition was most serious. This will be readily understood from the fact that the doctor is not only a tad Inrge-Framcd man, but has run heavily into flesh, and a fall from a horse, together with being dragged, by the stirrup-ivon, must have given a shaking which, without any other injuries, would be serious enough probably to endanger his life.” It was only on Saturday morning last that Dr. MacCarthy had a narrow escape from death whilst driving through Dobson. The Star says that a small white dog rushed out of a house and began barking close to the pony’s heels. The pony swerved to the left and the wheel of the trap caught in a stump and heeled over. The genial doctor got thrown on his head, and his boy jerked some distance on the road before the pony was stopped. A wheel of the trap went over the upper part of the doctor’s arm and bruised it considerably. The boy was not much hurt. The trap was a complete smash.