ACCIDENT TO A HORSE— One day last week as a valuable mare, belonging to Mr. R. Orlebar, Hinwick House, was employed in leading a cart load of turnips, it had the misfortune to slip in such a manner that it completely broke its thigh bone. As the recovery of the animal was altogether hopeless, of course, it was immediately destroyed.

ACCIDENT—On Monday last, as a lad named Norman was engaged in breaking oil cake in a barn upon Mr. E. Goosey's farm, at Hinwick, a little boy named Richardson tried to put a cake into the mill, when he somehow or other got his left hand into the cogwheels of the machine, and had three of his fingers smashed.

ACCIDENT—On Thursday, 29th, as a lad named Harry Horn, son of Joseph Horn, of Hinwick, was coming from school to dinner, a pair of timber carriages were coming in the same direction and the lad got on the pole to ride between the two pair of wheels. Unfortunately, however, when coming by Hinwick Hall-lane, the boy slipped from the pole and one of the behind wheels passed over his right foot badly crushing it. He was at once conveyed home where he is now gradually recovering.

ACCIDENTS—William Meadows was severely injured on the head on Sunday last by the fall of a quantity of straw from a height of 15 feet, on Mr. Wyman's farm premises.—On Sunday Mr. C. Wyman slipped and severely sprained his foot.

ACCIDENT—On Saturday evening last, as a man named Robert Horn was engaged stacking clover at Church Farm, he fell from the stack a distance of about 18 feet, breaking two of his ribs and seriously injuring himself internally. He was at once conveyed home by his fellow labourers and Dr. Crewe of Higham Ferrers was quickly in attendance. He lies in a very precarious condition.

ACCIDENT—On Tuesday evening last a lad named Frederick Wooding was engaged chaff cutting in a barn at Mr. E. W. Goosey's farm, Podington, when somehow or other he got his second fingers of the left hand into the cogwheels of the machine and had it severed up to the first joint.

ACCIDENT—0n Monday afternoon last, the 14th inst., an accident of rather a serious nature occurred to a young man named William Brown, head horse-keeper to Mr. R. Orlebar, of Poddington. Brown and others were greasing the wheels of the waggon, and when they had got the wheel off the arm of the waggon it slipped, and in falling the tire of the wheel caught Brown on the knee, breaking the bone in the cap. He was at once conveyed home in a cart and Dr. Orr, of Wollaston, was speedily in attendance, but it was found necessary to remove him to the Northampton Infirmary.

ACCIDENT—As we briefly stated on Wednesday last week an accident of a serious nature occurred to a youth named Thomas Knowlton, of the firm of Knowlton and Sons, of Poddington, on the 11th inst. He was engaged moving timber in a field near Higham Ferrers, when they had chained the horse to the tree to pull it over, the youth and his brother (Archibald Knowlton) went behind to help the horse turn the tree over, when half-way over the horse suddenly stopped and the tree fell on the lad's leg, breaking it in two places. He was at once conveyed home and Dr. Owen, of Rushden, was quickly on the spot and paid every attention to the case. He found the youth had received a compound fracture of the shin, and the lad lies in a critical condition.

Accident—William Howard, labourer, of Podington, is a patient at Northampton Hospital suffering from a broken leg caused by an accident. A motor driven in the employ of Messrs H W Chapman Ltd., cardboard box manufacturers, Wellingborough, saw the lad lying helpless by the side of the road. He kindly conveyed him for attention to a Wellingborough doctor, and afterwards to the Northampton Hospital. [see his obituary]