ACCIDENTS & DEATHS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 153, 10 April 1933, Page 5

ACCIDENTS & DEATHS

THREE PEOPLE IN HOSPITAL. SEQUEL TO MOTOR SMASH. CAR CRASHES INTO A POLE. (IPer Press Association) DUNEDIN, This Day. As a result of a car swerving on Saturday night it collided with a pole. The fivo occupants, were injured, but two, after attention at the hospital, were able to proceed to their homes. Those in the institution are:— Mr Cyril Christianson, injuries to his i head and face. Mr Arthur Anderson, dislocated hip and broken nose. Mr William Statham, injuries to his head. FARMER'S DEATH, KICKED BY HORSE. (Special to the " Guardian.") MASTERTON, April 7. A well-known district farmer, Mr Robert Oliver Smith, of Earlyhurst, aged 64 years, was found dead this afternoon, apparently as the result of having been kicked and dragged by a horse he was breaking in. There were no eye witnesses of the accident. Mrs Smith saw her husband yard an unbroken yearling and put a long rope round its neck, preparatory to schooling it, but she then returned to the house. On Mr Smith failing to come in to lunch she investigated and found the gate of the yard broken down. Some distance down the path leading from the yard she found her husband's body, and in .a gully below the horse still with the rope round its neck. Apparently Mr Smith had been kicked on the head and had then become entangled in the rope and had been dragged by the animal. ' The late Mr Smith who had resided in the Masterton district for the past 30 years, was very highly respected and took a keen and active part in many district activities. He was a keen follower of sport and a great lover of horses and an expert horseman. In his younger days he rode in the show ring with considerable success. He was a steward of the Masterton Racing Club for a number of years. He was a very generous benefactor to St. Matthew's Collegiate School for Girls, and had been a member of the Board of Governors of the school since 1917. In addition to being a very efficient farmer, he was a competent land and stock valuer. Mr Smith leaves a widow and family. MAN'S SKULL FRACTURED. •DUNE-DIN, This Day. Mr George Brown, aged 29, a single man, was_admitted to the hospital with a fractured skull as the result of a collision with a pedestrian while riding a bicycle.