WAIPIPI

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 478, 30 May 1919, Page 3

WAIPIPI

DANGEROUS ACCIDENT A very serious accident happened to Miss Mitchell in company with Miss Garbolino, while driving to Waipipi in the early hours of Thursday moruing last. The ladies in question were driving to Mr Aylward's from Waiuku, where they attended a social the evening before. When some distance from a creek, known as Freeman's bridge, the horse suddenly shied, and bolted and the ircline being a down grade with a n.:sty angle to the creek. The young ladies were in imminent danger of being dashed to death in a creek abuiit 11 feet deep, one wheel getting over a steep bank about 20 inches But the ladies, haying the presence of mind hung on to the right rein, and almost got the gig on to the road again, bu r through tLe narrowness of the budge, the post and hand rail was struck by the wheelj will the result that the gig was oveiturned and the ladies thrown out.

Miss Garbolino fell into the bed of the creek, there being about one foot of water at the bottom She escaped with a wetting and was partially dazed. Unfortunately, Miss Mitchell was thrown up against a post, or hand rail, and received a compound fracture of the right leg, between the knee and ankle. Luckily, Miss Garbolino was able to get up the steep bank and make her way to Mrs Irwin's who was quickly on the scene, and with the aid of Messrs F. Furniss and P Aylward, the y. ung lady was carried to Mrs Irwin's h< use. Dr Howden was soon on the spot to ease the sufferer, and arrange 1 to have her taken to the hospi'ai the same dav.