MOTOR ACCIDENTS. MOTORING AMENITIES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 213, 8 September 1926, Page 7

MOTOR ACCIDENTS.

MOTORING AMENITIES.

DEATH OF ONE VICTIM. \ ANOTHER SERIOUSLY INJURED. The death occurred at the Auckland i Hospital last evening of the woman whc was knocked down by a motor bus in I the Great North Road. Arch Hill, in the I afternoon. She has been identified as J beins- Mrs. Florence Alice Matzke, a i widow, aged 50 years, residing at 7 ; Beckmgrham Avenue. Mount Roskill.

; The bus. one of the Progressive Motor Bus Company's fleet, wa; travelling in , the direction of the city when Mrs. Matzke suddenly stepped in front of ,ir and was knocked down, sustaining i fractures of the skull and left arm. Death occurred five hours after admission to the hospital. Serious injuries were sustained by ; Mr. Abraham Fletcher, aged 40 years, of ; 7. Cross Street. Newton, yesterday afternoon by bein2 knocked down by a. motor , car. Uγ. Fletcher was at "the time : crossing the road at the intersection of [ Hobson and Wellesley Streets. The injured man was conveyed to the Auckland Hospital, where he was admitted i suffering from shock and internal in- j i juries. His condition is reported to be I 'j serious and to be showing no improve- I ment. ' I ilr. Sidney Long, aged 62 years, of fi. ' Croydon Road. Mount Eden", was last evening the victim of a motor accident, j -1 Mr. Loan was walkins across the Civic t J Square toward? the Town Hall shortly I s before half-past seven, when he was I struck by a motor car. He wa? cone veyed to the Auckland Hospital, where | ri he was admitted suffering fmm injuries f to the ribs. His condition is reported to be fairly comfortable.

TO DIM OR NOT TO DIM. _____ i DEFINITE RULE WANTED. \ _____ i HOW ACCIDENTS HAPPEN. j ißy Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") WELLINGTON, this day. Whether motor drivers should of should not dim their lights when meeting others at night is possibly an arguable point, bat there ie not much argument as to whether a definite practice, either one way or the other, should be made universal. The trouble is that ! some motorists take no notice of the courtesy extended by others in dimming I and accidents happen in consequence. This occurred a fsw nights ago on this side of the Black Bridge, between Mungaroa and Akatarawa. A driver coming towards the city dimmed for the benefit of an outgoing car, but the courtesy was not returned. The driver switched on again, and then saw immediately in front of him two people walkin?. He took the only course of swerving off. but in doing so plunged over an Bft j bank, the car somersaulting and landing \ with its wheels spinning in the air. j Some time elapsed before the occupants could be released. Fortunately their injuries were comparatively slight. ' but they suffered a severe chock.