OVER A BANK.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 13 September 1924, Page 4

OVER A BANK.

CHILDREN IN MOTOR TRUCK

ONE BADLY INJURED

iBY TELEGRAPH —PIIESS ASSOCIATION.; NELSON, Srpt. lv. uhile being driven home in a me tortruck from a home mission festival at Riwaka children from 'lie Whakarewa Orphanage, together with the manager (Mr Stewart) met »vith an unfortunate accident, with scrip is consequences t,» „ one cf them. « When approaching the Motueka J bridge a motor-car going in the ,same direction attempted to pass the truck, and in doing so the truck was struck on one. of the wheels, causing it. to slide over a. bank a distance of eight or nine feet. All the occupants vere thrown in clumps of gorse which fringe the roadside, but fortunately the thick undergrowth broke the fall somewhat and also impeded the descent of the truck. All the children but one —Guy Bourne, aged 14 years'—were got out with oily bruises and scratches, but it was found tha t Bourne had met with more seiious injuries: The Bishop of Nelson, who was on bis way to Nelson fiom the festival, conveyed the injured lad to Dr. Deck, where, after receiving attention, he was' ordered to be removed to the Nelson hospital, where he was found to lie suffering from a. slight fracture of the base of the skull. Oil inquiries at the hospital to-day, it was learnt- that the lad was making progress towards recovery.