ACCIDENT ON THE OHAUPO ROAD.
A I’aintku named I Owning, who is engager on ,i li u;tt < >han)H', whist di iv ing (emu to Hamilton mi Knd.iv night met with ; mbhap, which fortunately had no ven seri >ns icr-nits. This road is in a vny ha* state nf repair, and has been the subject o a deal of complaining from the settlers thi winter. Mr Downing's trap pit into ain ami capsized, lie being thrown nut. Hi right wri-t was sprained and tin* shafts ■» the trap wn* 1 hi"kcn. MMie lioim* n gainet its legs and hulled with the vehicle. Mi A. Connolly, who tli-n came up on Icrsc hack, pursued tin; runaway, and succeeded in capturing hint, hut whilst seizing ttu reins the wheel uf the tup stuck his tmrx and thiew him. Mr Connolly escaped with nut injury, hut his horse is, we believe, badly maimed and useless. We understand Mi' Downing contemplates proceeding a„ • ilist the Iviad Hoard for damages.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2380, 11 October 1887, Page 3
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163ACCIDENT ON THE OHAUPO ROAD. Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2380, 11 October 1887, Page 3
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