A STRANGE FATALITY.
THE RESULT OF TRUCK RIDING. [Press Association.] BLENHEIM, Jan. 14. Yesterday a Maori hay named Gray -Luke met with -a -fatal accident .at a Maori pa. The hoy .-was -given to trick riding, and ivas waiting for his brother with, three horses, which wore to bo .put in to-a dray. He was standiiig.on the middle of a horse, and had wound the slack of the reins around his neck. His brother was approaching with a dray some distance oft. Ho turned -round to speak to his companions. When he again looked he. found that the boy had disappeared, and going up, .found him lying on the ground with his neck broken.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2400, 15 January 1909, Page 5
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114A STRANGE FATALITY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2400, 15 January 1909, Page 5
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