A PAINFUL ACCIDENT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4126, 1 June 1892, Page 2

A PAINFUL ACCIDENT.

\AMan has Bothlegsßntyn,

A peculiarly painful" ocourred on the road between'Maß«'; terton and' Carterton' yesterday x (today) afternoon. William Richardson, a oarpßnter of Masterton, was driving acruss the plains in a buggy hired from a local livery Btable keeper, when the horse he was driving sud- , denly took fright and bolted. Rioh. ardson by some means or other lost possession of the reins, and;'in an' instant the buggy was brought into violent collision witha telegraph post. The front of tho vehicle was smashed in by the force of tho concussion* and the iegs of fticbardson, who had been unable to leave the Beat, were severely cruahed. The struggling of the horse upset the buggy, and tbe occupant ' : was thrown to the ground, where he lay moaning in agony for a consider.. -■ able timo. Eventually Mr 0, W. Lan£jßtone and another came along, and hearing the.poor fellow crying, " For Ged's sake, help me, both my . legs are broken !" and seeing the horse grazing some distance from tho upturned buggy, wentquiokly to the., assistance of the man and had bin 1 conveyed to the MastertonHoßpw where it was discovered he had . sustained a compound fraotureoi both hgs ju3t below the knee, The injured' limbs were carefully set by Dr Hosk • ' ing, the hospital surgeon, and we are pleased to bear this morning that tho sufferer is progressing favourably. Whilst the results of the accident are. painfully severe, it is extremely fortunate that they wore not more serious,