ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2369, 27 January 1915, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

WELL-KNOWN JOCKEY INJUREDo NOT EXPECTED TO RECOVER. (By Telezranli—Press Anuooiation." Clsborne, January 26. News was received in Gisborne t»< .night that F. C. Porter, the ■well-known jockey, was seriously injured when rid-' ing Lady Oldwyn in 'the Maiden Hack • Scurry at Wairoa Races to-day. Porter was a well-known Gisborne trainer, but • went back to tlie pigskin last November. ■■■ He has showed up prominently this season, ridins several winners in the' South. . Island. No hope is'entertained for his'; recovery, though a Gisborne doctor has been'sent for for consultation. There ; are.no details here as. to how the acci- . dent occurred. ■ Porter was riding at Trentham last . week, and tad tho mount on. the locally-. owned Ladoga. ■ » CARPENTER. KILLED. ' ' ' 1 ■ - Auckland, January, 25, '■ Fatal injuries \rete svistwied.' James Porter; a carpenter in the einploy of the New Zealand Government Railways, who icU from a signal post yesterday afternoon at Henderson: AnI other carpenter nanied'Thos. Anderson • had a narrow escape from a similar fate. The accident occurred through a shunt-, ing train striking one of the ropes which held- hi position the gear used in erecting a signaj post, causing it to collapse. Anderson clung to the post . but Porter fell a distance of thirty feet, i fracturing,Ms right thigh and sustaining severe injuries to his spine. The I injured mail was conveyed Dy train to ' Auckland but death occurred before I Mount Men Station was readied. I KILLED BY A MOTOR-CAM. | * Tlmaru, January 26. ■ - Mr; Ephraim Griffiths, aged 63, a r<y tired farmer .of; Hilton, living- in Tim, aru,' was killed by a'; motor-car at Te* ' muka'; to-day.' He was leaving Temuka ' for the'railway \ station, and; in the station yard Mr. j. Wright,'farriier, came ; up behind ,in. a . 'car , and sounded ; his , horn.. Deceased seemed to hear and stopped -to the left out of the way, aid ' then suddenly stepped to the right, in front of the car, which waß too near to ovoid an accident. Griffiths was struck ' by the off wheel and the car parsedover him. He was removed to "a private hospital, but was dead when he arrived there. AN ENGINEER'S TERRIBLE , PLIGHT. SUPPERS SERIOUS INJURIES. An engineer on board the steameP' .Aparima, Walter' Wise, hada terrible experience on board that vessel yesterday. -Bv some means he fell down into one of the ship's bunkers at about 3.30 P.m. The''accident was not noticed by anyone, and it was not until about 8.30 last' night that he was disoovered., ■ on the floor of the bunker suffering from ' severe internal injuries. The unfortun-' ate rpan was conveyed l with all dispatch •to the Hospital, and last night; his con- ; dition was regarded as serious, vAll ex--animation by the doctors at the. institu- ' tion revealed serious injuries internally. Wise is 30 years of age, and'up till lately resided at 181 Vivian Street.

, SERIOUS MOTOR ACCIDENT While on their way to Feildine on Monday morning, Mr. 0. V. Dimock (of the of jMessra. Dimock rand Co.) and Mrs. Dimock and infant sustained a serious accident through the steering. gear of tbe car in';Vhi(ih they were riding- jamming. The car, which was about a mile and : a half this side'of the'Raekakariki; Hill, ; went' over 'a! steep bank and turned over three times before it stopped. Mt6.' Dimock had her leg broken, and suffered a severe shaking,' Mr. Dimock. escaped with a few cuts and a shaking, while the baby escaped - unhurt. ■ The sufferers were brought to town, and the report from the Thorndon ■ Hospital where Mr. and Mrs. Dimock now are indicates that they are progressing satisfactorily. . CYCLIST COLLIDES WITH CAB. A cyclist, collided with .tramcar 66. (driven by Motorman Leonard) in. Manners Street yesterday morning.. The rider of the bicyclei, John. Michael Giffney,. of Pirie Street, was> riding clo6e' behind a tramcar going in the direction of Thorndon, when he swerved his machine. on to the parallel track, his; bicycle striking'the bogey of' ( car ..66,", which was bound for Hataitai.'" He : was thrown heavily to' the ground. When picked up he was in a dazed- condition, and was carried into the Clarendon Hotel, where, first aid was rendered .by a tramway - man. He." was found to be suffering from shock, while his forearm was cut and bruised.