PRINCE OF WALES GIVES "FIRST" AID.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 14 June 1907, Page 4

PRINCE OF WALES GIVES "FIRST" AID.

ASSISTS HOLIDAY PAUTV IN A CARRIAGE ACCIDENT. An interesting episode In which the ■ Prunei of Wales tork part occurred at 1 Windsor on Good Friday afternoon. j About haif-jxist Have a holiday party. | returning in a hired carriage from Vir- j gun a W-'it* r, found itadf in an awkward ] predicament. At the kn>l *»f Priest Hill i the horse drawing the rarriiu;e hud kick-; e<t up its hind legs, and one oi them had j become firmly fixed in the woodwork of the carriage. The vehicle was all hut: overturned, the horse went down, and j the holiday-makers, who were Londomr.s, I hurriedly descended. j At this moment a motor-car appealed descending the hill. The driver of the carriage, hoping for assistance, held up his hand, a-nd the car stopped. A gentle- : man alighted, wn.lked up to the party, i and remarked to the driver, "You have had a serious accident, If you will obey my instructions I will try to get the horse extricated.

The stranger then took off a long grey coat and called on bystanders for assistaire. Meanwhile a lady and a little giri got out of the car and became spectators. The motorist told a man to fetch a crowbar and axe from the Park Ledge, and then dire~t<?d their use ,<m the vehicle. TJie front wheels were taken off, some wood was chopped away, and with a great deal of difficulty the horse was released.

ihe animal was and the motorifit ordered % pail of water to be brought and poured on its head. This wafi done, and the hoise revived. It was only slightly injured. The stranger then put on hi.s oveTCoat and handed the driver half a sovereign aa "ft little present from the Prince and Princess of Wales," the bystanders raised a cheer, and the stranger, the lady, and the little girl, now recognised by the delighted holiday party as the Prince and Princess of Wales and their daughter, the Princess Ma*y, entered their car, and departed. Mt Brown, the owner of the horse and carriage, has written to the Prince of Wales a letter from himself and the driver eipressing tlieir gratitude. Mr Brown considers that the Prince caved his horse's life.