ACCIDENTS AND.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2011, 19 March 1914, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND.

FATALITIES,

SERIOUS COLLISION. EXWIESS DlilVElt- INJURED. A collision between a Wallace Street' tramear and an express occurred near' Hopper Street shortly before C p.m.. yes- ■ temay. It appears that two expresses were boing driven towards wwu, andwore being" followed by a traracnr, which was said to be travelling at a. lair rate of speed, 'flio niotorinan sounded his boll, and tk> foremost express- was pulled to one side, but apparently the other driv-ef did not Jseai- tho signal, as ho kept to the tram trait. As a result fho car struck the express, the springs and roar wheels of the lighter vehicle being damaged. Albert Shelbeurnc, tins driver of the express, which was owned b> , Messrs. Oo'utts Bros., was tin-own to tin's londwny by the impact. He was found to be severely injured and was taken to Reid's dairy, where first aid was rendered. Ho was afterwards removed to the Hospital, where it was found, that ho was suffering from severe injuries to liis ribs and shoulder. Tho horse received scratdH's, and t'ho tramear. suffered to the extent ai a Woken panel. SHTJNTiTINJTJEED. A serious accident befell a railway shunter named Bert Side.y, at Ngahaursftißa station yesterday afternoon. I"kc Hospital authorities state that bo was knocked down by an etrgmo whilst shunting, and received injuries to his liij) and ribs. He is a single man 28 years of ago. He tfas admitted to the Hospital at 5,1G p.m. ; . FALL FROM EXPRESS. An employee in the service of tlio Wclliiifiton Gas Company, named, Charles Brown, Ml fnttn an express at/ Oriental Bay yesterday, and received injuries to his left leg whfeh necessitated his- removal to the Hospital, fie' tesidos in Cambridge Terrace. A CYCLIST'S FALL! Whilst proceeding along . AYaJwficJd / Street on a bioyclo at I p.m. yesterday' a young man named > — Stith-wla-ftd wet with an accident. In order to avoid a collision, with a small boy, ho liail suddenly changed his et>Ufs.e.j frith the .result tliftt the fork or' tho bicycle snapped.,' throwing him.to the ground. ljo was picked up in a dazed condition, owl carried into iwigMwuri.ug premises. ))r. Whyte was wiled .in, ami attended to the hijririosi whieh consisted «f cuts aM bruises about the face and hands.. DEATH 01?. A WAITRESS. EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST. I&r l*eloisrai>)i.-Fj*oEa ASEO.clat.loii.) AucklaM, Mareli 18. The inquest concerning the death -of Connie Ainiie 13ain was resumed today. Deceased ivas a domestic Servant, aged 3.3, and was admitted tti tho Hospital on March 9, mid died the satno evening. Amy loHgivs, wife of tho licensee of tho Alexandra Hotel, said that deceased Ijad been in her etnploy as a kmiscmajd and 1 waitress since Dccdttber last. Slio was a good .'ivrag girl. On Sunday moruing, March 8, deceased was'oivt of sorts, and was put to bei. Subsequently sJ).6 fainted. On Monday, shewas very ifl, and a doctof was cajted in. A fcjlow-e.mpl.oyec who had known tlceeascij tor four ycai's said sin? saw deceased freqiientiy, aiul luid Jio idea of her conditjiiu!... Di'. M'Ciitoheoii, 'resident ph.vsfcinin at the Auckland Hospital, said tliat Bain died atont five hours after admission to fJic institution of afcuie ficptieaemia., following an illegal operation. Tile Ctiroiier . j-otsirnud. a vfirMot- in . accordance wit-li the uiedifcal β^iiiion,' , and .said, that there was no ©vrlmiob to show \rlio had perfonucd the operation. ~ ... . ■SHATTERED NERVES. ■Oamsru, March 18. Honoriih Brooker, a jijarricd woman,. hanged hiM'self at liar residence last uight. Her nerves tvero sliatterftd , As tlits result'of a lwig period of indiffwent: .health, INJUBED HOBSEWOMEK. DM'WCULT J DOTS AT A SHO\V. ! .(By r tkirrcspowjent.) Wanganvii, March 18, The- two Waitgamii. ladies, Mrs. Belsltcr aiul Miss Ada Jj-ixflß. wh.o wei-e severely sliakat by, bad . falls fe tlics todies' leaping coinpctititiu at tb.« Waverloy sjiow, have iiow reeevetcd sitiTi'-wnt-ly to b© r/ranoved ta tiheir homes. Tho jumps at which the- accidents occurred wro very stiff me.s, eoßsistiiig at high brush fences with: heavy spans m thtm. In consiecjMniiee of the acflS-. deist? th* show 1 officials will •in fvrtiu* ■ reduee the height of tire jumps, and : piebabjy abolish tile spar.