Fatal Accident at Masterton Show.
HORSE AND RIDER KILLED
A tragic accident occurred at the Masterton Showgrounds on Tuesday. D. McLeod, a Maryborough settler, was riding a horse called The Stockman in the leaping competition steeplechase style, when the animal, going at top speed, struck the last hurdle—a brush fence heavily with his knees, and turned a complete somersault, landing in a heap on top of his rider, thirty feet away. Neither stirred, and when the spectators rushed to the spot both were lying still, and dead, in a pool of blood, having apparently broken their necks. The horrified spectators at once dispersed, and the show was postponed till the following clay.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH19040218.2.12
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, 18 February 1904, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
112Fatal Accident at Masterton Show. Manawatu Herald, 18 February 1904, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in