A boy named David Martin, twelve years of age, son of Mr David Martin, farmer, Flag Swamp, Waikouaiti, was accidentally killed at Mount Royal, between 12 and 1 p.m. on the 12th inst. A man named Andrew McLew asked the boy to take his horse to a paddock a short distance off, which he started to do, the horse being without a saddle. About five minutes afterwards the horse was seen returning riderless, and about the same time a man named Paget observed something lying on the side of the road a short distance ahead of him. He called the attention of Mr Douglas’s shepherd to it, who went to the spot and found the boy lying motionless on the ground, with his face downwards. He removed him to the side of the road, and with water endeavored to restore life, but without success. The lad must have died immediately, as his neck was broken. Dr Brown from Palmerston and Sergeant O’Keefe were immediately in attendance. -Evening Star, 14/1/1874.
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