SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2701, 2 November 1889, Page 2

SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

A siUiiot-H accident, occurred at Cambridge about 2.4"> p.m. yesterday; fortunatelv.it was not attonded with fatal results, which is a wonder considering the place at which it happened. Mrs Kilgour and her two daughters, Miss and Miss Nellie Kilgour, had come to Cambridge to perform at the Presbyterian concert, held the previous evening, and had kindly consented to sin n ' at an organ recital to be held in S. Andrew's Church last night. The ladies were staying with Mr Brook* at the Bank, but Mr Tims. Wells offered to take them for a drive and show them the country round about Cambridge. Ho brought his buggy to the Bank and the ladies got in aud were driven in the direction of Gorton. Unfortunately the horses that were harnessed to the buggy were the two that ran away with a light waggon on Tuesday, and they evidently had not forgotten it, for as soon as the top of Kirkwood's hill was reached they bolted down it at a frightful pace. Mr Wells did his best t'-> guide them into the middle of the road, but was unable to do so, and when about 20 yards from the Kara pi ro bridge the buggy upset, throwing the occupant heavily to the ground, and the horses then careered along with the buggy upside down, until it caught the side of the bridge, which smashed the vehicle, and broke the end bridge post. This freed the horses, and they went off in the direction of Taotaoroa, where they were stopped by a man named Campbell. The ladies and Mr Wells lay exactly where they were thrown out until assistance arrived, which, fortunately, was not long, as Mrs Nicol was only a little distance away, and she and a man named Harry Lamb, who was working at the booms, fetched water from the river and bathed the sufferers. Up to this timo Mr Wells had been insensible, but the water revived him. A large number of people quicklv collected, and Drs. Cusbney and W:\ddingtou were fetched. The ladies were conveyed to Mr Brook's in buggies, and Mr Wells wns placed upon a stretcher and carried home. His case being the worst, the doctors' attended to him first, and found that his collar bone whs fractured in addition to numerous bruises upon tho head, arms and legs. Everyone whk glad to hear that the fractured collar-bone was the worst injury as it was feared that his spine had been injured. The ladies next received attention, and we are pleased to be able to report that beyond severe bruises and the natural stiffness arising from them nothing is anticipated, and we trust Mrs Kilgour and her daughters will soon be convalescent again. It is a great wonder that the whole of the occupants of the buggy were not killed as the pace must have been very fast at the timo they were thrown out. We extremely regret the accident, but at tho same time, wo do not think Mr Wells should have trusted himself and the ladies to the mercy of horsos that are known to be in the habit of running away. Mr Wells wanted Mrs Willis and some children to go along for a drive, but they wisely refused. Latek. Mrs Kilgour continues to expectorate a little blood. The doctors foar she has ruptured a small blood vessel, but do not consider it at all dangerous, and think all will be right again in a week or two's time. In the mean time, however, she will have to refrain from singing.