ACCIDENTS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20099, 1 December 1930, Page 15

ACCIDENTS.

UNUSUAL MISHAP - An unusu#l acoidcsnt Trlnieh oocaried yesterday afternocm rented in Itoracn Barrell, »ged i, Hring with lw» at No. 11 Colombo street, t&mxinfi injuries which neceseitatea her. removal to th« Christchurch Hospital. The child was riding in • tho Canal Eeserre en the to the cemetery, when one of the doors of the cat 6wring of>en, and (be fell ont, receiving injuries to the head. When admitted to' the Hospital she wm suffering considerably from shock. A remarkable feature about tie accident was that after falling from the car the child was run over by another ear, which, however, did not touch her. MOTOR-CYCLIST INJURED. _ , ,r A motor-cyclist, Milroy Shepperd, living at Southbrook, collided with * motor-car at the corner of Bevan »wi Colombo streets at about 11 a.m. yesterday, and besides receiving seriou* injuries to the face, had a collarbone broken and his right leg fractured. He was admitted to the Christehufch Hospital. His condition is stated to be satisfactory. SEAMAN DROWNBO. '.rjLESa 4.SSOCI4TIOJC TtBWM*-) WBLIiIN GTON, November- 30About 10 o'clock last night » eeam»* was seen to fall ofE the wharf, the Westmoreland, and disappear >" the darkenesa. The body has not yet been recovered. His morning while fishing off »h# Thorndon breastwork a fisherman hooked and hauled up the body of another unknown man. who had been m the water for some time. The fisherman summoned the police party who were nearby dragging for the bodv of th« seaman, and thev brought the body ashore. EHorts at identification have so far been unsuccessful. _ Dragging is being continued fer *®e body of the seaman.