August 2, 1918 Buggy Accidents Mrs Andrew MEWETT was driving home from Natimuk with her son Norman when the wheel of the buggy struck a post at the railway crossing west of the state school, the pole being broken and the horses being set free. Mrs MEWETT retained her seat in the buggy, but the boy was thrown out and stunned for a little while. Next day the horses were found on the Mount road about a mile from home. Mrs James FLACK and family, of Noradjuha, were driving down a hill at Lower Norton on Wednesday week when the buggy pole snapped. The sudden stop threw Mrs FLACK and her three children on to the ground. One of the children, with great presence of mind, stuck to the reins until the others were got out of danger. When the horses were released they bolted home with the harness dangling about them. Mrs FLACK sustained bruises and shock. Daryl Crabtree Gladstone Qld www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/goroke/