FATAL ACCIDENT AT DUNEDIN.
(By' Telegraph.—Prosa Asyocia'ion). Duhedin, January 2!). ; A fatal accident occurred on a sheep road leading from Mornington to Kaikoiai Yallcv. Shortly after 11 in the morning a drag containing fifteen young people, ten of whom vrere women,, was. being driven, by Mr Casey, At the top of the hill the brake failed to act. The drag pressing on the horses caused them to bolt for over hulf a mile at a great pace. Tho vehiclo swayed froui side to Bide of tho road, and in its course all but 8 of its occupants were thrown or jumped out. Mary Conely fell on her head, causing a frnoturo of tho skull and dislocation of tho spine. Death was almost instantaneous, Mary Ward sustained a severe scalp wound and shod;; Margaret Walsh a spran to the spine; Mary Williams a fracture of the ribs; and Wm, Casey, driver, a badly sprained knee. Tho otbnr ocoupants of the trap wer* shaken and bruised badly, but not otherwise injured; Wm, Mearns, of the St, John Ambulance Association, : was the first to render surgicil assistance, and was.complimentedupon his efficiency by Dr. A. J. Ferguson, who subsequently attended to the injured.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4330, 30 January 1893, Page 3
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199FATAL ACCIDENT AT DUNEDIN. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4330, 30 January 1893, Page 3
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