Newton Abbot: Serious Accident: On Tuesday evening, about 9 o’clock, Walter Hunt, a man in the employ of Mr. Pinsent, brewer of this town, whilst driving a horse-and cart down Lindridge-hill, Bishopsteignton, met with a serious accident. The horse started, and the man sprung out to stop it, when the shaft struck him, and he was knocked down, the wheel went over and fractured his leg. He was removed to his home, he was promptly attended by Mr. Gillard, surgeon.
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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901