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Thrown Under the Wheels. I FARMER KILLED NEAR PONTARDULAIS. A distressing fatality occurred at Llannon, near Poutardulais, on Friday afternoon. A farmer, named J. Morgan Thomas, of Cildcle:wi Fawr Farm, was driving a cart from the potato field, when the horses bolted, and I be got thrown under the wheels, which .passed over his body. Death resulted in a few minutes after the fe?v, illl-ii-iites f l if. Dr. Isaaicwas called, and .found deceased had sustained a fractured ueok; he had also broken bis .shoulder-blade a.nd some of his ribs. THE INQUEST. I {1-, -¡.' J. Mr W. W. Brodie, the deputy coroner, held I an inquest on the body at Cilddewi. Farm on Friday afternoon Edith Davies, Cilddewi -fawr, gave evidence of identification, and said the deceased was 37 years of age. On Friday last she was working in a pota.to field, about 200 yards from the fanD. The. deceased was carting manure from the farmyard, where the two servant boys were, loading one cart, whilb he took the other to the field. About noon the deceased started to return from the field with. an empty cart. He had no reins for the shaft horse, but had a ploughing line for a leading rein for the leading horse. When he left witness the deceased was sitting down in the front of the c-art, on the near side. On reaching halfway down the field, she heard him shouting "Whoa!" to the horses. Witr ness looked up, and observed that the horses were galloping, and deceased was walking on the shaft on the near side towards the head of the shaft horse. Witness ran after the cart,, which went through the gateway into the adjoining field. She then saw the de- ceased being dragged for two or three yards. She saw the shaft horse go over liim, but did not see the wheel touch him. She went to him nt once, and found him lying on his back with his arms lying at his sides. Witness asked him if he was hurt, and he raised his hands a little and moved his Hps, but did not speak She immediately went for assistance. In the riekyard she, saw the cart upset, and the shaft horse lying on the ground. The deceased was subsequently carried into the house. The leading mare was rather frisky all the morning. During witness's stay of two years at the farm she had never seen the horses run away before. Dr." R. J. Isaac, Pontardulais, said that on examination he found that there were two bruises on the left elbow, the neck wa.s dis- located and fractured, the ilfth and sixth ribs on the left side were broken, and had pene- trated the luiu1 Th; cause of dcafh I l>v.vfh/'

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