INJURIES TO SIX PERSONS

Southland Times, Issue 24885, 27 October 1942, Page 4

INJURIES TO SIX PERSONS

(P.A.) NAPIER, October 26. Six persons were injured in an accident at Napier on Saturday night at 11.30 o’clock, when a car driven by Ralph Emmerson, aged 19, of Hastings, crashed into the platform extension at the railway station after failing to negotiate a bend in the road. The occupants of the car were all admitted to hospital where their condition is said to be satisfactory. The occupants of the car were: Mrs Ethel Single, aged 37, of Napier, scalp wounds, facial bruises and fracture of the right forearm; Miss Joan Single, aged 18, her daughter, fracture of the jaw; Miss Patricia Lorrigan, aged 23, of Hastings, laceration to both feet and a bruised eye; Clifford Chapman, aged 23, injury to left foot; Austin Devenie, aged 21, of Hastings, injury to chest and left eye bruised; Ralph Emmerson, of Hastings, severely cut tongue. The car was badly damaged.

BOY DROWNED IN STREAM

AUCKLAND, October 26.

A boy was drowned while swimming across the Hunua stream just above the falls on Saturday afternoon. He was Albert George Courtenay, a schoolboy aged 16, the eldest son of Mrs E. Courtenay, of Grey Lynn. The youth, who was spending the weekend at the Y.M.C.A. boys’ camp at Hunua, had swum across the creek with another lad and on the return he disappeared beneath the surface. Although he was a fairly strong swimmer it was stated that the river was in flood and there was a strong current. His companion said that Courtenay did not call out or give any indication that he was in trouble.

TWO WOMEN INJURED

A collision occurred between two motor-cars near Mandeville on Saturday and two women, Mrs Dawson and Miss D. M. Sirett, both of Mossburn, suffered injuries and were admitted to the Gore Hospital. Mrs Dawson is suffering from bruises and shock and Miss Sirett has a face wound and a broken jaw. Their condition last night was stated to be satisfactory. The two women were passengers in a car driven by Mr A. Dawson, of Mossburn. Dawson was proceeding south and the collision occurred at the bridge just south of Mandeville. The other car was driven by Mr R. Gutschlag, of Waimumu.