SHOCKING ACCIDENT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 102, 7 March 1879, Page 2

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.

The Areas Express (South Australia) relates the followingshockingaccident which happenod to Mr P. Kelly, of Gulnare, on the night of February 3 "Mr Kelly, we understand, left Georgetown, where he had been engaged in business matters for home, at an early hour of the night in in question. When just outside the town the unfortunate gentleman was thrown out of his buggy and lodged oil tho forecarnage, where one leg became entangled, whiist the other was over the wheel. Having lost the reins Mr Kelly was unable to stop the horse, which, fortunately, was a quiet one, and he was thus dragged on the ground a distance of nearly three miles, The unfortunate man had die presence of mind to lay hold of the spokes of the wheel, which was slowly but surely grinding its way into the fleshy part of his thigh. This acted as a brake, but yot the horse continued its course, and did not stop until at the camp near Gulnare store, The men working at. the camp heard a man crying out, atul instantly ran to tho spot, where they found Mr Kelly so locked in the fore-carriage of the buggy that they found it necessary to cut the strap to release him. When released from his frightful position a terrible sight met their gaze. The palm of one hand was torn away, and the bone exposed. The shoulder and side presented a similar appearance, the flesh being completely torn away. Strange to say, not a bone was broken, but the frightful mutilations, loss of blood, and shock to the system left Mr Kelly in a very precarious condition," Mr Kelly has since died.