WEEK-END ACCIDENTS

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 238, 8 October 1934, Page 3

WEEK-END ACCIDENTS

SEVERAL PEOPLE INJURED

MOTOR TRUCK IN CREEK.

Several traffic accidents occurred during the week-end. Oil Saturday evening a motor truck driven by Mr. E. Bremner, an East Tainaki farmer, left the road near his home, and, somersaulting down a gully, came to rest in a creek below. Mr. Bremner was accompanied by his wife, and both were taken to the Auckland Hospital in a St. John ambulance. Their condition is considered fairly serious. The accident occurred when the truck was descending a steep hill to a concrete bridge over the creek, about half a mile from Mr. Bremner's farm. A neighbouring farmer, Mr. W. 11. Grant, noticed that the truck was running erratically, and about 20 yards from the bridge it left the road, careered down a grass slope, struck a dead willow tree stump and turned completely over. The truck apparently somersaulted several times, and when Mr. Grant arrived on the scene it was on its wheels and facing the way it had come. Mr. and Mrs. Bremner had been thrown into the water, and the accident would probably have had fatal results if neighbouring farmers had not rushed to their assistance. Mr. Bremner was in a dazed condition, suffering from injuries to the head, and his wife was unconscious. Dr. C. B. Gilberd, of Papatoetoc, attended them until the arrival of the ambulance. As a result of an accident while riding in Summer Street, Ponsonby, yesterday morning, Miss I. Biddle, aged 24, of 02, Oliphant Street, Ponsonby, received concussion and abrasions. She was taken to the Auckland Hospital in a St. John ambulance. Her condition is reported as being not serious. A fracture of the right leg and injuries to the ribs was suffered by Mrs. B. Nelson, aged 22, of 8, Manning Street, Newton, late lust night, as the result of being struck by a motor cycle. Mrs. Nelson was crossing Newton Road when a motor cycle coming from Karangahapo Road towards Symonds Street knocked her over. She was taken to tiie Auckland Hospital in a St. John ambulance. Her condition is reported as not serious.

DOCTOR'S COLLAPSE. DEATH WHILE MOTORING. CAR'S SWERVE INTO DITCH. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, this day. While driving his motor car from Levin to the Otaki racecourse at midday 011 Saturday, Dr. Robert Bryson, aged about 57, of Wellington, collapsed and died. A few minutes before his death he had assisted another motorist to jack up his car. About three miles 011 the south side of Levin Dr. Bryson's car was seen to swerve off the road into a ditch. The car then climbed up a rise and ran on parallel with a fence for about 20 yards before stopping. The driver was dead, apparently as the result of heart failure, when found a few minutes later. Dr. Bryson had been in Wellington for about seven years, having previously been at Levin. For some years he had been specialising in anaesthesia, and for five years he had been an anaesthetist at the Wellington Hospital. He Is survived by his wife. Dr. Elizabeth Bryson, and a son and daughter.

YOUNG WOMAN KILLED. RIDING ON MOTOR CYCLE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) INVE RCARGILL, Sll nday. An accident which resulted in the death of Miss Judith Thompson, aged 22 years, occurred 011 Waikiwi Bridge, on the main north road, at five o'clock this evening. Miss Thompson was riding pillion on a motor cycle driven by Mr. A. C. Horniann, when the machine came into collision with a motor car going in the same direction. The young woman was knocked off the cycle and received concussion. She died shortly afterward without regaining consciousness.

INJURIES PROVE FATAL.

TRUCK FALLS DOWN BANK

(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) HAMILTON, this day. Admitted to the Waikato Hospital on Friday evening, Mr. Sidney Robert Sheweiry (24), whose mother lives at 72, Clonburn Road, Remuera, died on Saturday afternoon. Deceased received head injuries when a light motor truck he was driving along the Kawhia-Raglan Road fell down a steep bank. The injured man was not found until several hours after the accident. SEAMAN'S DEATH. FALL INTO HARBOUR. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Sunday. Through accidentally tripping 011 the Queen's wharf, Wellington, about 6 p.m. yesterday, Mr. Donald McLean, aged about 57 years, a seaman on the steamer Storm, fell into the harbour. Although resuscitation was apparently successfully carried out when he was rescued, he died while being conveyed to the Wellington Hospital.