WEEK-END ACCIDENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 247, 18 October 1926, Page 11

WEEK-END ACCIDENTS.

A MOTOR SMASH. CAR DROPS 100 FEET. THREE OCCUPANTS INJURED. C'.\ > i^.'rapta.—Special to "Star.") WELLINGTON, this day. ! Three occupants of a motor car were (injured on Saturday night as the result |of the vehicle going over the bank on } j Brooklyn Hill, and dropping 100 ft into ] i Central Park reserve. The driver, it is I said, was dazzled by the lights of an' approaching car, and, in swerving to i avoid it, went over the edge of the road. J Mrs. Keats (60) and Miss Keats were ' removed to hospital, suffering from shock and severe injuries. Mr. Clarence Wil-. i son, the driver, escaped with bruises about the neck and shoulders. The car was badly damaged. INQUEST AT CHRISTCHURCH. DRIVERS JUDGMENT AT FAULT. (By Teiegraph.—Special to "Star.'i CHRISTCHURCH, this day. At the conclusion of the inquest into the death of Mrs-. Catherine Quinn (55), who died as the result of injuries received in a motor collision on September 15, the coroner (Mr. H. A. Young, S.M.) returned a verdict to that effect. There had, he said, been a conflict of evidence. Each driver had erred in judging the speed of the other car, and its distance from the intersection. The cars should have slowed down and been prepared to stop if necessary. FALL IN COAL MINE. TWO MEN INJURED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association) INVERCARGILL, Sunday. A serious accident occurred in the Black Diamond coalmine at Nightcaps yesterday morning. Mr. George Tinker, the managing director, and a man named Moseley bad just commenced work together when three tons of coal fell on them. Tinker was badly cut on the head and body and was bruised. Moseley's legs were crushed. Both men are expected to recover. GUN ACCIDENT. YOUTHFUL RABBITER WOUNDED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this day. Melville Ralston (17), residing with his parents at Green Island, was admitted to the hospital last evening suffering from a bullet wound in bis throat. While rabbiting, Ralston slipped, and his rifle j was accidentally discharged. i FOUND DROWNED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) BLENHEIM, this day. On Sunday, the body of a man of about CO years was found floating in the Opawa River, near Riverlands. His identity id unknown. The body had apparently been in the water for five or six weeks. Nobody in the district is reported missing. JOCKEY'S ARM BROKEN. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, Sunday. Ernest Mackie, aged 19 years, the jockey who rode Bachelor Gay in the Dunedin Jockey Club's races on Saturday, was admitted to the hospital in the afternoon suffering from a fractured left forearm received when his mount fell.