A WARNING TO HORSEBEATERS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2495, 19 March 1881, Page 4

A WARNING TO HORSEBEATERS.

A fatal accident happened on Monday morning to a man named Timothy Hullahan, employed on Mr J. MTntyre’s farm, Flint’s Bush. Between 6 and 7 o’clock deceased and a man named Miller, also in the employ of Mr MTntyre, drove the horses into the stables to feed them, preparatory to commencing the work of the day. Two of the horses ran into one stall, and some difficulty was experienced in getting one of them out. This was ultimately accomplished, but Hullahan was irritated at the trouble thereby occasioned, and as soon as the horse (which was a very quiet one) got into its proper stall, he lifted a piece of wood and struck it on the hind-quarter, at which the horse lacked. Deceased then said, ‘ I’ll put you from kicking!’ again struck the horse, which kicked out with both hind feet, and caught Hullahan violently on the stomach, and knocked him down. Deceased exclaimed, ‘Oh, my God !’ but never afterwards spoke. Miller, who was in the stable during the whole of the time, ran to his assistance, lifted and sat him against the wall of the stable, thinking deceased was merely stunned ; he then ran into the house foi assistance, and on returning found Hullahan quite dead. Deceased was a single man, aged about 27 years, a native of County Kerry, Ireland, and had beer in the employment of Mr MTntyre foi nine months. An inquest was held or Tuesday, before H. M’Culloch, Esq. district coroner, when nothing further was elicited than the facts already detailed, and a verdict of ‘ Accidental death ’ was returned.