ACCIDENT AT CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1483, 5 January 1882, Page 2

ACCIDENT AT CAMBRIDGE.

Scaecely or ever has there been such a narrow escape from a fatal accident as occurred in Cambridge on Mouday morning. The Sunday-school children of the vai'ious churches, with their friends, were gathering from all quarters, in order to start for the scene of their picnic festivities, and buggies and waggons were flying about in all directions loaded with children. Mr McCall turned out with a team of four excellent horses in a long waggon for the purpose of contributing his assistance in conveying the children. Having left the horses a little above the National Hotel, in charge of a man named Arnaboldi, he went into Carter's stable to do some business. Arnaboldi taking advantage of the opportunity to test his driving capabilities, sent the team off down bhe hill at a spinning pace. On reaching the flat he found himself unable to control the horses, who had got into a flying gallop, and in this way they turned Hewitt's corner, continuing the same pace until reaching Gemmell's blacksmith's corner, where the horses were used to pull up at. Around they went at a bound, when one of the horses in the pole fell, thus making an effectual break to the progress of the others. One of the horses in. the lead had his fetlock joint broken, and will in, all probability have to be destroyed unless Mr Granville, veterinary surgeon, is successful in setting the joint. The pole of the waggon was also smashed, and altogether Mr McCall estimates his loss at over £50. Fortunately, none of the school children were in Duke-street at the time, or the consequences would have been disastrous, and even had the runaway galloped on down the hill towards the old wharf, several persons would unavoidably have met their death, as a number of traps with living freight were coming up the hill at the time.