ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 307, 20 May 1913, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

ACCIDENT AT MIDHIEST. CREAMERY MANAGER INJURED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Stratford, Last Night. Mr. John Dunderson. who was relieving Mr .Christiansen, manager of the York road creamery of the Midhirst Dairy Company on Saturday, met with a very serious accident. Owing to his condition, he has not yet been able to explain how the accident came about, but it is known that lie was at the back of the creamery when the suppliers were delivering milk. Some of them heaid a cry, and noticed a jerking of the belting They rushed round, and found Dundorson caught in the waterwheel which drives the machinery. Without delay Dr, Steven was telephoned for, and he motored out. After doing what could be done for the man on the spot, Dr. Steven brought the injured man to the Stratford Hospital. The victim of the accident is in a critical state, suffering from a fractured skull. , Stratford, Later. Regarding the accident to Dunderson, Dr. Steven, medics;! superintendent, told a "News' reporter last night that Dunderson's condition showed some improvement. He had regained consciousness, and was able to give his version of how the accident occurred. The belting had slipped, and Dunderson shut oil' the water before going down to the waterwheel and put it on again. The wheel was not quite stationary when he got there, which probably did not matter, but as he was wearing new boots without sprigs, lie slipped and was caught in the wheel and serit round the shaft on the axle. This conflicts somewhat with the story of those who found him. KNOCKED DOWN BY A CAB. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Monday. A man named Charles Edward Bush, 80 years of age, was knocked down by a cab in Newmarket on Saturday night, and was removed to the hospital. His condition is critical. A ROADMAN KILLED. Wellington, Monday. A man named Donald Cameron, 33 years of age, employed on road formation at Orongorongo, was killed on Saturday bv a fall of earth. Another man named Masters was also covered by the fall, but was extricated uninjured. SERIOUS TRAP ACCIDENT. Nelson. Last Night. A serious trap accident occurred at Wakefield this morning in consequence of the horse bolting and causing the trap to collide with a post. The occupant, Mrs. W. IT. Brooks, wife of a settlor, was thrown out and sustained injuries from which she is not expected to re