Motor-cyclist Killed in Collision With Van

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 883, 29 January 1930, Page 1

Motor-cyclist Killed in Collision With Van

BIRKENHEAD FATALITY ACCIDENT IN RAIN In a collision last evening with a motor-van, driven by Mr. Henry Boles, storekeeper, Birkenhead, a motor-cyclist, Mr, George McLean, 46, of Mokoia Road, Birkenhead, received such severe injuries that he died in the Auckland Hospital early this morning. About 5.30 p.m. Mr. Boles was driving his van along Mokoia Road, Birkenhead, when a collision occurred with the motor-cycle and sidecar driven by Mr. McLean, who had with him Mr. G: J. Rusridge, of Mokoia Road, Birkenhead. It was raining very heavily at the time, and visibility was poor. Mr. McLean received a compound fracture of the right leg, a fractured hip, and injuries to his head. He was attended- by Dr. Craven, of Birkenhead, and then taken to the Auckland Hospital, where he died early this morning. Mr. Boles’s van was badly damaged, the windscreen being shattered, and three tyres completely torn off, and the steering gear damaged. Mr. Boles escaped injury. Mr. Rusridge, who was in the sidecar, also escaped unhurt. The motor-cycle was only slightly damaged. CRASH AT A CORNER COLLISION IN NORTH Special to THE SUN WHANGAROA, Tuesday. Minor injuries were received by Mr. and Mrs. B. Tucker when the motor-car the former was driving collided with a truck driven by Mr. A. Elliott, of Otangaroa. The collision occurred at a corner on the To tana North Road, and both vehicles were badly damaged. BOY BREAKS AN ARM KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR Front Our Own Correspondent WHANGAREI, Today. As a result of being knocked down by a motor-car, Peter Ashcroft, 6, residing at Kensington, suffered a fracture of the left upper arm. The boy got out of the back of a cart, and ran toward the footpath, and was hit by the cal’.

CAPSIZE DOWN BANK MOTORISTS’ NARROW ESCAPE From Our Own Correspondent HAMILTON, Tuesday. In trying to avoid two motor-cars at the Horahora Junction today, a car driven by Mr. Herring, of Auckland, who had his wife with him, went over the bank near the Waikato River. A tree 10ft. below stepped the car from falling further down into the river. The driver of a stationary car, Mr. E. R. Marsh, of Hamilton, was meuding a tyre at the time. A relative of his, Mrs. T. G. Greening, was standing on a point overlooking the river. She moved away a second or two before Mr. Herring’s car toppled over the bank at the point on which she had been standing. Mr. Marsh went at once to the rescue of Mr. and Mrs. Herring, and found them pinned in the overturned car. He had the greatest difficulty in propping up the vehicle and extricating them, owing to the precipitous nature of the ground. With the help of other motorists he got them out and carried ther< to the road above. Mr. Herring was not injured, but Mrs. Herring was severely cut on her head and leg.

MOTOR-CYCLIST HURT COLLISION WITH CAR Krone-Our Oxen Correspondent HAMILTON, Tuesday. Iu a collision between a motor-cycle ridden by Ronald Mason Rumney, 18, ! of Frankton, and a motor-car driven by Mr. R. M. Lewis, of Hamilton, at ; the intersection of Kent and Empire Streets, Frankton, last evening, the : former had his left arm broken. Both ■ vehicles were badly damaged. The : injured youth was sent to tbe Wai- ; kato Hospital.