FIELDING, Tuesday.
A Shocking fatal accident occurred here yesterday. A boy ten years of age, named William Salisbury, was thrown from his horse, and one of his feet having caught in the btirrup, the horse plunged about and then bolted, dragging the unfortunate lad for a quarter of a mile. The body was found near the railway crossing, shockingly mutilated, being disembowelled, both legs bioken, and the skull scalped and f matured. The body presented a mosl ghastly appearance. An inquest will be held to-day.
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Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1692, 10 May 1883, Page 2
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85FIELDING, Tuesday. Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1692, 10 May 1883, Page 2
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