ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2505, 5 July 1915, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

' •' v ■ ■ THREE MOTOR ACCIDENTS. j ' ! A!-rather nasty smash occurred on the Hutt Road at Kaiwarra between '; noon and 1 p.m. yesterday, between a Ford car. driven by a visitor to Wel- \ Jington, and a motor-cycle and side-car. i 'It appears that the ca,r was travelling northwards from the city; and through \ swerving slighiJy or skidding, it is said to havo veered into ■ the track of tho i -motor-cycle, that was travelling in : tbe ! opposite direction. Tho motor-car ■ was | overturned, and. its occupants thrown j out, and one, ' a young lady, had a small, bono, in one of her arms broken. The car. had the wind-screen smashed, one of tho lamps broken, and tho running gear was so knocked about that ' the front axle and wheels had to be 'dismantled in' order thatithe car could be towed back to town.: The marvellous part of the accident was the small injury sustained by the motor-cycle (a "Matchless"), which only had the. two front forks snapped • off at the base.: Both tho car and cycle were brought into the A.B.C, Garage, on Lambton : Quay. ; . An Overland car, from J, E. Fitzger- ' aid's garage, lost .a. wheel when travel- ' ling : . along the Hutt Read between 5 , p.m.. and 6 p.m. yesterday. The oc- . cupant, Mr. J.. M.. Ferguson 1 , late of ' . the Upper Hutt, escaped with a shaking. The car, which was not seriously damaged, was towed into town by a ( ear from the A.B.C. Garage. Loo Ohoo, a Chinese visitor from Auckland, who is said to havo been wandering- rather aimlessly about the middle of Adelaide Road at the-John Street junction, was knocked down by '.® motor-car at about midday on Sat-" . -urday. The accident was observed by' Superintendent Ellison, of the police, who, finding the man to be unconscious, had him removed at. once to the Hos- ' pital, where it was found that he had Tecoived a nasty bump on the head and a bruising. He recovered consciousness v during the afternoon, and last night Tv'as reported to bo progressing satisfactorily towards recovery. . | TRAMCAR (ACCIDENTS.' Edward George, a , labourer,, who "resides at Ambrose Terrace, in attempting to board a tramcar in Upper Willis Street, near the To Aro Hotel, fell back on to tie road and sustained a fractured ; ' shoulder at about 4.45" p.m. on Saturday." He was removed io the Hospital, and ai the latest was doing a? well as sould. be expected. { :At lO.o'clock on Saturday.night,. Wil- .' "• ''lam Thomas' King, •"a married boot-i maker, residing at No, 3 Riddiford •, Street; left .a. tramcar .opposite the ! Tramway Hotel, and walked round the hack, of it to cross the track, when another ear, proceeding in the opposite direction, knocked him down. He was Tendered unconscious, and sustained nasty cuts over the left eye and ear. The Hospital authorities state that he is progressing favourably. ( 'A. RISKY PRACTICE. Tlie folly of retiring to _ bed whilst linen is airing 'before a wide-open kitchen.range fire was responsible for the destruction by fire at a quarter fo 1' ' o'clock yesterday morning of a fiveroomed one-story., wooden dwelling occupied by Mr. Abraham Jones, in Graf- . 'ton Road, Rosehoath. Hie. house' is £[ 'the property of Mr. Thomas Gordon, of 'Auckland. The building was insured in the State Office for £100, and tlio contents for £120 in tlie Royal Exchange Office. The house was completely gutted, and practically none pf its . consents was saved. ■ i ' FOUND DEAD IN BED.' "* By Telegraph—Press Association. Rotorua, July 3. ■ James Charles Morey, aged 60 years, whoSe family aro supposed; to reside in New Plymouth, was found dead in bed «t a. boardiughouse this morning. He' iV 'had been here about "three weeks.