HORRIBLE FATALITY.
We take the following from to-day’s Chronicle-. —A little boy, between nine and ten years of age, named William Thomas Weller, the adopted son of Mr and Mrs Salisbury, of Fcilding, came to a tragic end on Monday afternoon last. He was riding along Feilding street when he was thrown from the saddle, and, hanging by one of his feet from the stirrup, was dragged a considerable distance. The horse galloped and plunged, and when the boy was picked up the body was literally in pieces, being partly dismembered and disembowelled, the broken parts hanging together by fragments of skin. Each leg was broken in two, the head smashed in a frightful manner, and the features were entirely obliterated. No blame is attached to anyone, and the Coroner’s jury yester- ; day returned a verdict of “ Accidental death,” adding a rider drawing attention to the dangerous practice of boys riding with their feet through the stirrup leathers.
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1032, 9 May 1883, Page 3
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