ACCIDENTS & DEATHS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10314, 25 January 1927, Page 3

ACCIDENTS & DEATHS

CAR AND' MILKCART CRASH. DAIRYMAN SLIGHTLY. INJURED. An unfortunate mishap occurred in Darwin Road yes today morning, Viien a car crashed into a milkcarc, out beyond damage to the cart the occupants or ootn ,vehicles escaped uninjured. The car, which was driven by Mr \Voolly, of Tokomaru Bay, was returning to town along Darwin Road after having dropped some passengers further down the road, and a nuJkciirt, driven by J. G. Harvey, was returning to his farm further down the road. At a spot known as Vincent’s Cutting the vehices crashed in the centre of the road. The shafts of the milkeart were smashed and Harvey received a superficial cut in the forehead which Dr ' Gunn stitched. The car was undamaged and its occupants were unscathed.

terrific smash. CAR AND MOTOR VAN COLLIDE. The corner of Bloomfield Road -and Gladstone Road was the scene of a terrific smash on Saturday afternoon, when a car driven by Walter James Riddell and a motor van in charge of Herbert Halliwell crashed. The motor van was proceeding down Gladstone Road followed by Riddell’s car in which there were a number of passengers townward bound. Both vehicles were travelling down the tramline until approaching the corner of Bloomfield Road, where. Halliwell slowed up to 1 turn the corner,, but according to statements ■to the police, he did not indicate with his arm that he was about to turn. At this instant Riddell attempted to pass the van just as die latter vehicle turned the corner. The car struck the hind part of the van with great force turning it completely round facing the north, banked up against the fence on the town side of Bloomfield) lload and smashed it up badly. The front of Riddell’s car which ended up after skidding for 25yds facing in the opposite direction to which it was proceeding, and the forepart of tne cnassis was smashed and buckled and the front axle broken.

It was a miracle that the occupants of both vehicles escaped unscathed.

WASHED OFF ROCKS. MARRIED MAN’S DEATH. DAEGAVILLE, Jan. 24. Two men, Edward O’Neill, a storekeeper at Donnelly’s Crossing, and 'Thomas Leigh, stationmaster, went on a fishing excursion at the Maunganui bluff on Sunday. While they were fishing off the rocks a huge wave came up and washed both of them off. Leigh managed 'to struggle ashore, but his companion was not seen again. The body has not been recovered. Deceased was a married man, about 40 years of age, with a wife and family of four children. He was particularly well-known in this district, having filled a number of responsible positions. The bluff is a very dangerous spot for fishing when the rough. Several people have lost their , lives there.—P.A.

CAUGHT IN THE UNDERTOW

AN EXCITING RESCUE. WELLINGTON, Jan. 24. J. Wat ter son, of 18 Cordell street, Wellington, was caught in the treacherous undertow while bathing at Titalii Bay yesterday afternoon and was carried a quarter of a mile from the shore before * being rescued. Many hundreds of" people on the beach watched two men in a small.dinghy, M. Johnstone and G. S. Sharratt, oi Wadestown, brave the angry seas and rescue Watterson as lie was on the verge of unconsciousness. On returning to the shore the boat vis capsized in the heavy surf, and hntheis completed the rescue which had Veen so heroically begun.—P.A.

PICNIC FOOD LORRY OVERTURNS. . THREE PERSONS INJURED. HASTINGS, J.-.n 24. A motor lorry with food lor the Post and Telegraph picnic yesterday met with an accident while negotiating a steep hill on the way to Waimarama beach. The brakes failed to act just before the Hairpin bend. The lorry went into the bank at a bend' with such force that it flung out the occupants and somersaulted twice, coming to rest on its wheels at a fence. Miss Hay Symes sustained a broken collarbone, Pat Hassett and Arthur Wardrope, telegraph boys, a broken leg and arm respectively. Three others received minor injuries. —P.A. FANCY DRESS CATCHES FIRE. WELLINGTON, Jan. 24. At the inque'sTconcerning the death of Dougald Grant (7£yrs), who died on January 20 from burns, a verdict of accidental death was returned. The evidence showed that there were matches in the pocket of a fancy dress suit which the hoy was wearing, and which caught lire causing death. —P.A. KNOCKED'DOWN BY CAR. DEATH DUE TO HEART FAILURE WELLINGTON, Jan. 24. An inquest was held into the death of Alexander Williamson (72 years), who was knocked down by a motor lorry on Kent Terrace on December 14, and died five days later. The driver of the lorry, Arthur Charles Archer, said when his vehicle was approaching a tram stop the deceased suddenly stepped from behind the pillar box. Witness applied the brakes, but one mudguard struck Williamson on the right side. Witness took deceased to the latter’s home and Williamson said he required no medical attention. A verdict was returned that death was due to heart failure, brought about by degeneration of the heart muscles, accelerated by injuries received through being knocked down accidentally by a motor lorry.—P.A.

SUPPOSED DEATH FROM GAS POISONING. HOKITIKA, Jim. 24. Henry Shand, aged 35 years, a returned soldier, engaged in cycle repairing, was found dead in his shop at two o’clocic this afternoon with a gas tube in his mouth and the gas turned on.—P.A. SEQUEL TO FALSE ALARM. FIREMAN KILLED AND THREE OTHERS INJURED. MELBOURNE, January 24. While - speeding to answer a false alarm of fire a. hose cart /swerved and ereashed in the side of the road. Fireman James Hossack was killed "and three other firemen were injured. —U.P.A. ~ MOTOR FATA LIT Y 4 • • DUE TO CARELESSNESS IN OVERHAULING CAR, DUNEDIN, Jan. 24. The, adjourned inquest’ into the ch\ cumstaiices surrounding the death of Margaret Marie Hubbard, was continued to-day before Mr Bartholomew

(coroner). .Evidence showed that the deceased was being driven by his brother James Coulter Hubbard in a Ford motor truck from the city to Waitati and when going down tin; hill into "Waitati the areer lost control through a mishap to the machinery, and;the veinem unshed at a h.gn speed downhill, and at the eoriur overturned, tlie young lady being killed and her. oroiner seriously immured. At the conclusion of the evidence the Coroner found that the accident had occurred through a nut which held the bevel pinion of the driving shaft coming off, and this deprived the car of all engine and foot control. A split pin had been loft out when the car .was overhauled, and this showed carelessness. The verdict was that death was due to the accidental overturning of the car.— P.A.

"Who pays the bill for the injured worker? Consult the Standard Insurance Company for full protection.— C. G. Bloore, Chief Agent.

U. Seddon, Coca! Manager—Adct.