CANTERBURY ACCIDENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 24 June 1924, Page 3

CANTERBURY ACCIDENTS

CHRISTCHURCH. June FOOTBALLER INJURED.

In a practice football game at Met liven Domain on Saturday alteriioon. .). Waldie had a leg broken. He was attended to bv Dr M. Kee. and was taken to Id.- home, but was removed to the Ashburton llosnit.nl vesterdav. ELECTROCUTED.

At Soiillibridge on Saturday an inquest was held into the circiim.-tan< • ■ attending the death of John Leslie Lorimer Hannah, who was electrocuted on Thursday when engaged painting i). Taylor and Co’s premises. Mr 11. B. B. Wills. J.P., acting coroner, presided. Constable Moriarty represented the police. .Mr A. S. Nicholas represented the Springs Ellesmere Electric Power Board and Mr K. G. Archer appeared for the relatives of the deceased.

Alter hcarine the eviilence the jury retnrno'l the fnllnwiim evidence: “That, the deceased met his death hv

lieine electrocuted l-v hi> hand coniine into contact with roomer wire hindiim the phase wire connect me the iiremises of Otivid Taylor and Co. On the lace

-if the evidence we agree that the insulation of the phase wire was damaged by tile cop-ner wire binding, thus causing the hinder to licconic alive. Th • evidence goes to show that the damage to the insulation was caused at the time the binding was applied." FRACTURED ARM. Harry Moore, of 233. Springfield Road, was admitted to the llosnital on Saturday afternoon suffering Iron! a fractured arm. MOTOR-CYCLES COLLIDE. As a result of a collision between two mntor-cveles at •’ - corner of Harewood and Greer’s Roads. I'apanui. at 5.3!) p.m. on -Saturday, three men were injured and two of them are now in hospital. The two in hospital are Steward Rarwitld. and George Cains, labourer. of 128. liligli's Road. I’apanui. Ihirwiibl suffered injuries to the head •Ind was rendered unconscious. Yf*.ter■la v lie was still in a semi-eoiiseioiis condition, and his ease was considered serious. Cains was also injured about the bead, but bis tondition was not so serious as liarwald's. The third man, lames Charles Dyer, labourer, ol Watson’s Read. Ilarrv.nod. and brother-in-law of liarwald sustained a broken col-lar-hone. After receiving attentinn at tin l outpatients' department of the hospital be was able to proceed home. Cains wtis riding a R diy I rinnmli motor-cycle along I lan-woml Roatl towards I’apanui. He was iiist turning into Creel's Road when the collision occurred with a Red Indian motor-cycle ridden bv liarwald. with Dyer silting !ieluml the pillion The tv." machines met with a terrific crash and the three men were thrown heavily to the ground. Ruth machines were very badIv damaged. HE VD INJURED. tn.il , -lttneding the Aside, -ace; in Friday a man named Charles Fraser slipped', it is understood, on the concrete steps leading up to the grandstand and sustained injuries t'-e front-of the 'head. He was admitted to the county hos-v-ital. and will prohabit Ik< discharged in a day or two.