ACCIDENT IN NEWTON ROAD.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 126, 28 May 1914, Page 6

ACCIDENT IN NEWTON ROAD.

, A street accident occurred ar the cor- } nor of Karangiuhitpe Road and Ponsonby . Road about half-past ten o'clock this l j morning, by which two little girl, of about _ and 0 years of age were run 7.ver by a motor ."ar. and one of them had !to he taken to the hospital, li appears t'that tic two children. Mary and (,'wen |.lones. whose parent- reside'at HI. Kent , j Street, had accompanied their aunt a_s , far as the reservoir Mopping place, where she boarded a car for the city, .fust i as the ear »taTted the cbildr'-n. who were 5 standing on the footpath, near Rew's y store, apparently ran oui int.. the road 5 toward.- the car. at the --line moment 1 as a motor-car. owned by Mr -I. D. Irvin, of Lome Sired, and heing driven = at tiie time by hi.- sister. Mites E. Irvin. . turned round the Karangahape Road P corner into Ponsonby Road. The car -. was. it is understood, travelling slowly, but so suddenly did the children run on to ! the roadway that, although the brake was immediately applied. they were down and under the vehicle before it . could be brought to a. -tandrtill. Rej yon.l some cuts and -cratches Mary ~ .Tone* occaped little the worst for the encounter, but her sister Owen was in great pain upon lieing picked up, Mhe car wheel having passed over her | body and inflicted internal injuries. Both children were taken by Constable Naugh. . ton into Mr Gilbert's chemist shop. t where Dr. Aven wa- quickly in attondf nnce. After a brief examination, he 1 ordered Owen to the Hospital, whence j she was conveyed in Mr Irvin's car. that j ; gentleman doing everything jM>-sible in , ! the way of assistance after the accident. ,' I'pon inquiry at the hospital this [afternoon il was ascertained that llweu | l.loms was n..t in a seirou.. condition, her . I injuries chiefly con-i-ting of severe! t j sho<-k.