A TRAP SMASH.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 622, 27 September 1909, Page 8

A TRAP SMASH.

;A .BOLT; IN.THE CITY-OCCUPANTS :, 'Sy:['[-■."■ THROWN OUT./A ,WOAIAN ;BAIIIiT EfJUEED. - A trap accident ocourred...in Cpurteriay.. Place;' at. ab0ut,.6.45; last;evening,':fesulting in one womansustaining 'rather'-sori6us':'injuries; aid 1 ' throe..others-niiiior.,injuries.. .The'occupants of the" ■ dpg-c'art' hired from .Johnston's stables—were: ,Mr...: Wilfred H. McGregor,' who. held^the.rein's,;:Mfs'.; Wilkinson,.and' Miss Ivy i-Tilford; who; .were sitting-.beside, him.. The I party;: had'.been ..for : a', drive to theVHutt, and wer'b returning,to,the'stables viaDixbn Street, Tara'naki":Place,'.;,and''C6urtp'nay •■ Place; .On j passing the Cuba! Street, intersection,' the horso .became 'frightened; at.some.of the harness giving_ way, ;• and;; bolted .wildly- down • Taranaki Place .'towards,; (Jourtenay Place. .'■ The ;trap struck a verandah post in front of the Phoenix .Diriing^Rboms : ;6q,.,violently,.that, it, wrenched the-iron post from .its .socket,; and threw Mr. :M'Gregbr ;6n."to; the.footpath. -Then, continu-. ing.itamad : car'eer,.it dashed: along .the. street, with one. of .the, Women, tugging heroically at the. reins, knocked over an'old. man, swerved into Courtenay..Place at a terrifio• rate;, and. 'struck a tramway pole' opposite:. the. Egmont Hotel.;. The dogcart' was turned over on its' side, and both the ladies, were thrown out with considerable'.force. :Even' this ;'did..not act as a- check,-for: the;, maddened , animal : dragging the .overturned: trap,', galloped along the full, extent .'of .Courtenay: Place, struck another verandah post outside an oyster,6aloon at the foot.,of Kent Terrace, .swerved, on to the' footpath' of that thbroughfafe,; and finally pulled up,exhausted;at:the entrancelto' Homo ; Street. i.'TThe. injured occupants, .were, all "conveyed into' Mr. .Ayres's chemist shop at the foot of Taranaki-.Street,'-.where' their' injuries, .-were promptly:.attended 'to by Dr.- Gilmer." .'■ •' 'TVe :had>been'i.to > the .Hutt. for■• a ; drive," said Mr. ;WGregof,;in giving an.'account'of the'accident .to-a Dominion reporter,' "and the borse.had: jogged along, quietly enough-, the, whole; way ''n.SWhen': crossing'. Cuba 'Street;, something, gave way. underneath, I: think-it must hav l a,been il a. 1 p r a?eV'for.'l'could hear the chain;, htnihe: endTjibgling.;-This:■■ frightened! the horse ..into, .bolting. : 1; tried my 'best'"to pull itiup,' v but couldn't manage it..''l didn't want-to-sdo; the, girls killed—l thought'it,better :to ; killi;the.. horse, so I steered' it Into .'a, building, 'where ,I,.was' thrown out..'About the'restloknbw'nothihg." ■/' ~ ■■.'■'■'' J:".; '' -The rest of, the. story was supplied, by.Miss .Tilford.';."' J'AVi;;.- ■>';•' ■•'.■'■'.., ''-"■■•• ;:';••'■■;■ "When, I, sa'w;!Mr. M'Gregor- thrown out; Icaught up the reins, and tried to jull: the' horse up,, but could \do nothing. l . Then' we struck ..something, in Conrtenay* don't know .what;it..was,-'and Mrs. Wilkinson and myself; were , thrown but;, .The. trap • turned ovor, and we wero:pitchcd out on to the street. .1 did -not ;-get, hurt much, but Mrs. Wilkinson must,have struck the.-'road.with her head." ;'■ .Mrs. Wilkinson,'; the' chief sufferer, ■ sustained a. ■ifpgaV concussion ,of the brain,' 'a rather badly -lacerated' eye, and was" cut' about'the face/; ''</■■:■'■■.' ■',■;;■>.-;'.:. ■;..• -~ >. .'--..v'. •.'.'.> •;.-:■.. ' ''MrJ-.M'Gregbr'B injurios.' consisted. of a; nasty, put. m. the .right thigh;' and several minor lacerations, of .-.the forearm and hand, and a : bruised shoulder.'; . •"'. ;:Tr •.v.. _;Mjss Tilfo'rd';came:off'-lu'ckily;'. I .She ! only sua,.tavned:a;brui6ed'legi and'a severe shaking,' ' •■' ■;The old man;who was knocked over by.the ■vehicle-at the junction of Courtenay Place and laranaki Place .was.'; Mr. Peter. Neilsen, 'who resides- at ,a,, boardinghouso near by.. He received '.noninjuries other than -a few. hrulsts :and. a .severe shaking; Tho. occupants of the .trap reside at-No. 122 Ingestre'Street. ' ■!