A CLOSE CALL.
•ACCIDENT TO A ROYAL CARRIAGE. HOUSES PRECIPITATED INTO A ' T.AKff. Received 30th, 10.59 p.m. • London, May SO. Reuter states that 'while crossing a little bridge in the grounds of Le Petit ' Treanon, Versailles, the horses attached to the Queen of Norway'a and Madame . ■ Fallieres' carriage became frightened, - and one caught its leg in a paling of ' - the bridge. Swerving, it fell into the .. lake, carrying the postillion. The horse broke its leg, and was shot, but the man was unhurt.
The Chronicle and Daily Mail state that three horses fell into tlie lake, : nearly dragging with them the carriage. General Michaol, who was in the c.ir- * riage, lifted the ladies and carried the:n out of danger. , King Haakon and President Fallieres, who crossed the bridge- first, hastened back.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 31 May 1907, Page 3
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131A CLOSE CALL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 31 May 1907, Page 3
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