MOTOR CAR ACCIDENT.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 251, 23 October 1922, Page 4

MOTOR CAR ACCIDENT.

SMASH AT HAMILTON. AUOKL-VXDERS INJURED. ;3y Tc'.esraph.—Own Corresconilunt.i n.VMILTON, Saturday. A motor car accident occurred at Hamilton to.day at nbout 4 o'clock. An Auckland car. drivi>n by Mr. CiHhcrt Cnsey. am) containing a party of Auckland Orphan?, was approaching Forest l.nkc Road, about a mile out, when coming tii a nabty bend the driver mistook the t urn and went right on. leaping into a gully, jumping a three iVet drain and turning b somersault. The party was mure or le-s seriouf-lv injured. Mr. •T. 11. Temiiuit. of the Post Uflice, Auckland, had n compound fracture of the wrist, and will be operated on this even-

ing. Mr. -I. 11. Bond wa* also admitted to the hospital sull'erinc from concussion, and the extent nf his injuries is nor \et known. Mr. A. Faylor was taken t,, his brother's house at Frankton, and there attended by Dr. Pinfold, who says the patient is suffering from severe shock, but it is believed that r.o bojies are broken. Mr. liilben iasvy escaped with a few scra'chc*. Mr. A~. Bond is suffering only from shock. Ibe wonder is that considering the state of the car all were not killed. To extricate, some of the victims ihe oar had to he lifted with a fence post. The body was smashed beyond all repair, and the enginv.' will require a thorough overhaul.