Our Palmerston correspondent reports that a young man of Macraes, named George Slater, 25 years of age, met with an accident on Monday morning which terminated fatally. He was in the employ of Mr Thomas Stanley, of Macraes, as waggoner. He was engaged with Mr Stanley in unharnessing the team at Dunback, after arriving from Macraes. The three horses first liberated had gone a short distance to a water trough, when they were startled by something. They at once turned round and galloped towards the waggon. Stanley ran to the head of the leaders still in the waggon, while deceased seized hold of another of the team, as there was a danger that these horses might take fright also. One of the loose horses collided with deceased, throwing him violently to the ground. It is supposed his head came in contact with a stone, as he died about half an hour afterwards, never having regained consciousness. -Otago Witness, 19/12/1900.
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