ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 220, 15 March 1912, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

MOTOR-CARS IN COLLISION". By Telegraph—Press Association. Hastings, Thursday,. ; ' A serious motor accident occurred night. Mr.. Norman Wellwood's 'cafef driven by the owner and carrying hjS;J friends, Messrs. J. Holden, jun., and'J George Stevenson, was returning • firo"ni>; Napier Park races, when he crashed into ' the Hawke's Bay Tribune carj proceed-' ing from Hastings to Fernhill. The J Tribune car was driven by 'llr. Whit-'-lock, jun., and with.him were Messrs. A. E. O'Meara and W. Cook, dentists, «f Hastings. The drivers of both cars and ;> Holden were unhurt. O'Meara hai a ; compound fracture of his left leg, andtCook a severely lacerated leg and an - injured kneecap. Both were taken tothe hospital, where they will probably remain for two months. Stevenson had ' n-slight concussion, but proceeded home, i Both cars were badly smashed. This isSuit one of a series of car accidents,, Two collided on a bridge at Pakipaki"'' on Tuesday night, one owned by Mr. Franklin, the other driven by Mr. Mar-"" l S tin Rophia. Both drivers were cut, but , not seriously injured. Three cars com- ' l ' ing from ihe races last night were crossing the Pakowhai bridge when the ' leading car stopped and the other two - collided with it. No'one was hurt, but J' the cars were damaged. «

A SEAMAN MISSING. Westport, Thursday. John Granville, a seaman on : the"®i steamer Petone, aged 26, single, has: been missing since Monday night, and it 1 .!; ia feared he has been drowned in the 1 ' Buller river. FATAL FALL FROM TRAIN. . Christchurch, Last Night. ' A~; William Gifford, the young man who]''? Ml off a train a J Lyttolton on week and received severe injuries, died-; at the hospital this morning. ■/'