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Show PUY KINC SUFFERS HORRIBLE ACCIDENT An item of news which escaped the Progress last week was the horrible accident ac-cident that happened to Guy King. It was on Wednesday the 8th that he went out to bridle his horse, as the horse was mean to bridle he placed the end of the strap around its neck before slipping slip-ping th halter from its head. As he went to adjust the bridle the horse ' jerked away and as it ran his foot caught in the halter and Lie was dragged feet foremost after it over the frozen ground. He was helplessly pulled along this way for 290 steps where the horse jumped a barbed wire fence and pulled him into it. His foot still held and the wire tore into the flesh until the strain stopped the horse. The horse stood back far enough to hold him impaled on the fence until help arrived. He was horrible lacerated and has suffered terribly since the accident. The latest reports are that he is getting along nicely. |