ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2777, 22 May 1916, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

MOTOR ACCIDENTS. TWO PEDESTRIANS INJURED. A serious accident occurred on Lambton Quay near the Occidental Hotel, between fi o'clock and 7 o'clock last evening. Whilo two pedestrians—Miss Lynch and lliss : Be-rnside —were waiting for ii tramcar to come along they were struck by a motor-car driven by L. Oones. Tho motor was proceeding to the telephonebox,' as the driver desired to communicate witli his home, and the two ladies, after endeavouring to avoid the car, wero knocked down. The driver states that the iirst move by the ladies would have taken them clear of his car, but one of them afterwards pulled the other back. According to the police report, one of the ladies stated that .they misjudged the direction of the car, and became confused immediately before being struck. Both were removed to tho Hospital. ' Miss Beriiside was suffering from slight injuries to head and face, .but Miss Lynch was more seriously injured, and' at a lato hour last night was reported to bo still unconscious. IN. ADELAIDE ROAD. Mrs. Grant was admitted to the Hospital at 4 p.m. on. Saturday, Buffering from injuries to her right' leg, the result of being knocked down by a inotor-carju Adelaide Road. RUN OVER BY A TAXI. YOUNG WOMAN BADLY INJURED. By TelegraDhrrPress Association. Wanganui, May 21. A serious accident, occurred in the Avenue on Saturday evening, when a taxi ran over a young • woman named O'Donnell, of Okoia. Both her arms and' some of her ribs wore broken, and she also sustainedi. internal injuries. The taxi had evidently got out of confor tho woman was dragged for a considerable distance under the car, until it eventually crashed into a telegraph post. The badly injured, woman was taken out and conveyed to the Hospital, Her condition is very serious. DIED OF BURNS. Dunedin, May, 21. Miss Groves, over GO years of age} died ; in the Hospital this afternoon a3'the result of feeing burnt .while working inside at the fire. No further pkrtbuhrs are Available.