IN AN AWKWARD FIX.
As Mr Stephen Dewe, cab driver, was riding down Ythan street about 11 o’oloek on Sunday evening, his horse shied. Its rider, falling clear of the animal, was landed in an open ditch between the road and the footpath, the beast falling on him and coverinn the whole of his body, excepting his head and shoulders. -His cries for assistance brought ready volunteers, whose task, however, was one of great difficulty, the extrication of Mr Dewe they found impossible, so tightly was he wedged in, and to move the horse seemed still more impracticable, since on the least handling it let out with its h|nd legs in such a manner as to threaten Mr Dewe’s countenance with considerable disfigurement. However, after the lapse of about half an hour, ropes and additional volunteers were secured, and with “ a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether,” the horse was raised, and its luckless rider get free. Though bruised, Mr Dewe was able with a little assistance to walk to his residence, where his injuries were attended to. (“Southland Times*")
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2771, 9 February 1882, Page 3
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183IN AN AWKWARD FIX. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2771, 9 February 1882, Page 3
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