MINOR ACCIDENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 259, 1 November 1937, Page 8

MINOR ACCIDENTS.

NO SERIOUS MISHAPS. WF.KK KNI) (ASIAI.TIIN. When (lie motor car in which they wcii- travelling ~Hi'i\i'(! otr tin' < J rent North I'oad into ;i power pole vester<lny afternoon the druer and two women passenger* were injured and were admitted to tin- Auckland Ho-pital. Their condition is reported as satisfactory. One of the passengers. Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor. aged .Vi. of 100. I'onsonbv Koad. had her jaw and ankle broken: the other, Miss Tw M. Taylor, aged J:t. of the same addrc-s. snfTorcr] concussion: and the driver. Mr. Frederirk ! fJeorire Yoimjr. 4S. of Sarawai Street, Newmarket, lind a knee injured. When it swerved to the left ami hit , the pole, the e:ir >vn about 2'K) v.irds on the Point Chevalier- sirl.. of the Old Stone .Tug. and was proceeding to the city. Most of the i-.M.urf u •„ * ( ,]<,,,, on thp front Ipft wheel, and th" wheel, [mudguard, honnet and headlanri werforced back and twisted. The steerin.' wheel was bent.

Yacht Capsizes. I Thrown into the -sea when a small .yacht capsized about 10.45 ypstcrdav j morning. .T. Pre=eoft. aged 10. of 3. i Shcehan Street. Ponsonby. was unconscious when rescued. The yacht was sailing near the vehicular ferry landing on the western reclamation when it upset. Pre=cott was tlie only one of the crew who could not swim and he became entangled in the rigtrin<r. Tie was brought ashore. and before he was taken to the Auckland Hospital in a St. John ambulance artificial respiration wan applied. Girl Shot in Knee. Runa Francis Bollard. asred 13. daughter of Mr. Frank Bollard. of Swan«on, was admitted to the Auckland Hospital last nisrht accidentally shot in the knee. A man was examining a rift o by the side of the road about fl p.m. when a cartridge was discharged. The child was walking past and was struck by the bullet. Falling from his bicycle in Arnev Crescent. Remucra, Peter Dixon, of 15. Warrington Road. Remuora. suffered concussion late on Saturday afternoon. He was taken to the Auckland Hospital in a St. .Tohn ambulance, and his condi- i tion is not eeriou.s.