ACCIDENTS & DEATHS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11127, 10 February 1930, Page 6

ACCIDENTS & DEATHS

STRUCK BY CAR BOY CYCLIST BADLY INJURED As the result of a collision between ;t motor car and a cycle at the corner of Cordon street and Hill street. Manga pupa, Tom Wilson, a boy. aged 1-1 years, of 17 Buchanan street, Mangapapa. was admitted to Cook Hospital yesterday morning, suffering with injuries to his back, one leg, the top of his left ear, and the left side of his head. At about 9.45 a.in. yesterday. Wilson borrowed a bicycle from another boy, Colin Ilalsty Knight, and rode down Hill street towards Cordon street. Watching outside Wilson’s I*nme. K'night. together with James Wilson, a brother of Thomas Wilson, and Stuart, Munro Hitch it*, saw a car travelling along Cordon street in the direction of the Hill street corner, where it hit the cyclist, dragging him. as wheel mark measurements later showed. 31 feet 3 inches.

Rushing to the scene the boys discovered Wilson lying on the side of the road in the grass. He complained of his hack being hurt, while there was a gash on his leg and another over is loft ear, pare of which was severed. The l icycle. damaged beyond repair, was lying beneath, the car. Carlile Herbert Norris, the driver of the car, took the hoy-to Cook Hospital, where he was attended by Dr. ilall, and .last night his condition was reported to la l serious. In a statement to the nolico h''"--ris said that, prior to tlie collision, he was Ravelling at about- 6 miles nor hour and, seeing Wilson close to lcs car, lie applied the brakes, hut too late, however, to avert the mishap. TOKOMARU BAY FATALITY INQUEST AND RIDERS ('Special to the Times.) TOKOMABU BAY Feb. S. Tile following verdict was returned at the inquest- held by the aetmgcoruiier Mr. S. J. Doig. -T.P., he'- 1 uii Saturday on the body of Cecil Ocorgc 'Hampton, who was drowned while swimming at Ongaruru Bead) on January .‘if): “That Cecil George Hampton was accidentally drowned while bathing at Ongaruru Beach. Tokomaru Bay, on January 30, 1030”

Two riders were brought forward by the jury, one commending the gallant actions of deceased’s two companions. Litt’e and Burnett, esiiecialv that of the former who, r'ski'm his own life, swam out to Hamilton's assistance, and the other recommending that the responsible authorities erected notices warning swimmers as to the dangerous parts of the bench. The hnrlv <-> r who w"s a clerk tn the Tokomaru Bay te’ephone exchange, and who l«elonged to New Plvmoutli, was found by a Maori. C. Collier, while on his way 1o woik at about 7 o’clock on Saturday morn’n" 'Dmiif 3'Hi yards from Te Puka Hotel. After the inquest the body wi.s despatched to New Plymouth. MYSTERY RAILWAY MISHAP. G’reae Association.) DUNEDIN, Feb. 3. Through falling between the wheels of a sheep wagon m the railway yards to-day, James Harding, single, aged 41 years met his death. A train was in the yards, when it stopped to have tee guard’s van taken off, then pulling up to Rattray street crossing, where it stood for a few minutes. The railway porter at the crossing, after receiving the signal to let the train cross the road, noticed a man’s leg being turned over by the wheels of tne train and immediately whistled to the driver to stop. No one knows how the man became entangled between the wheels and no one has reported having seen him in the yards. The deceased was an ex-chicf petty of. licer in the New Zealand navy and was discharged recently from JI.AI.S. Dunedin. He was without relatives in New Zealand. The secretary of "the Returned Soldiers’ Association is making arrangements ior the man's funeral. GIRL INJURED DIVING (Piesfi A»sooiat.ion.J AUCKLAND, Feb. 9. A fracture of the- skull was sustained Ivy Doris Much a more, aged 13, of 23 Ponsonhv Road, Ponsonby, as a result of striking her head on the rocks when diving from a launch at Pine Island, where the annual police picnic was being held this afternoon. The injured girl was brought in a speed iioat to Auckland, the journey taking 25 minutes. She was then conveyed to the Auckland Hospital. Her condition is fairly serious.

Who pays tlm bill for the injured? Consult the Insurance Company for full protection.—C. (f. Bloore, chief agent; S. G. Northe local manager.—(Advt.)