Fatal Accident. — A sad casualty occured on Saturday evening, by which two 3'ouths lost their lives. Mr. Jackson, a farmer and road contractor at Riccarton, had a dray requiring some repairs, and on Saturday afternoon his son James, a youth aged 14 years, took the dray to be mended, to Mr. Griffiths, blacksmith and farmer, on the Lincoln road. The dray was left there by James Jackson, and he started with the horse to return home. John Griffiths, aged 15, only son of the Mr. Griffiths named, agreed to return with young Jackson. Both boys mounted the horse, and started on their way. The horse, a somewhat spirited animal, ran away; the boys fell, the saddle slipping, and their feet got jammed between the breech chain and the horse's side, and they were dragged for about three quarters of a mile, receiving dreadful injuries about the head. On nearingMr. Jackson's house, the flying beast was met by a neighbour of Mr. Jackson, Mrs. Bags worth, and she attempted to stop the horse, which at the movement swerved round, and so slackened the harness, that the boys were released, and fell to the ground. Neither of them
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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 34, 6 March 1863, Page 3
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196Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 34, 6 March 1863, Page 3
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