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Accident at Willowbridge.

•On ' Wednesday .-last,. .Mil John Meehan, a well-known settler at Willowbridge, was unhitching the chains from a team he bad brought in, when one of the horses, a young ■•and restive animal,...bolted and in, some way caused,.the,chain to catch, .round Mr Meehans leg. It dragged him round the yard, and into the paudock towards the river,but very fortunately a ya.to seldom shut happened ; to bo'closed on This; occasion, and the horse came to a sudden standstill, when the chain dropped off and left Mr Meehan free/. He was almost insensible when Mrs Meehan procured assistance and had him removed to the house.’ He was found to be severely bruised, from bead To foot and has, since: been obliged , to. stop indoors, although • not now in bed; ; His escape from a fatal, ' accident'was indeed unirAcuibi'is. '

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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 179, 18 March 1902, Page 3

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Accident at Willowbridge. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 179, 18 March 1902, Page 3

Accident at Willowbridge. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 179, 18 March 1902, Page 3

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