ACCIDENT TOLL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 125, 30 May 1938, Page 3

ACCIDENT TOLL.

MISHAPS AT WEEK-END THREE FATALITIES OCCUR. PEDESTRIAN KILLED IN CITY. The week-end was marked by heavy accident toll, three people being killed and a large number injured throughout Xew Zealand. All the fatal accidents occurred on the roads. One man was knocked down on the Great North Koad and died before reaching hospital. Nearly all the minor mishaps took place on roads, but few of the victims are reported as being in a serious condition. Motor Cyclist Killed. A motor cyclist, Mr. Laurence Joseph Kiesanowski, aged 26, received injuries from which he subsequently died, in an accident early on Saturday evening, says a Preiis Association message from Christchurch. Mr. Kiesanowski, with his brother David on the pillion, was riding a motoi cycle toward t'liristchuich. .Near Burnham, a motor car travelling in tht opposite direction struck the motoi cyclist's right leg, which was torn of) below the knee. Mr. Kiesanowski was admitted to hos pital at G. 15 p.m. yesterday and died at 12.45 p.m. to-day. The pillion ride) escaped serious injury.

CROSSING FATALITY. After being seriously injured in a level crossing accident in Palmerston Xo*"th on Friday, Mr. Samuel James .Sanson died on Saturday. He was aged 74 years, and lived at Kiokio, near Otorohanga. He was widely known and was a most progressive farmer. About 25 years ago he arrived at Otorohanga from Palmerston North, and shortly afterward bought a considerable area of virgin land at Kiokio, which he converted into one of the finest mixed stock properties in the King' Country. Mr. Sanson interested himself in all classes of sport. In his youth he was a prominent footballer and all-round athlete. He was a patron of many : sporting bodies. He is survived by his wife and a grown-up family. I COLLISION WITH STAND. When the motor car ehe was driving collided with a cream stand on the roadside near Wiri on Saturday, Mrs. Sydney Ha in, of Massey Road, Mangore, escaped with slight injury to a knee, but the car was extensively damaged and had to be towed away. ATTACKED BY HORSE. ! i Knocked down and trampled on' by a young horse at Paevata Ridge a visitor to Opotiki, Mr. H. R. Dickinson, of Thames, was admitted to the Opotiki Hoapital on Saturday suffering from his 5 injuries, Mr. Dickinson had just caught the mother of a two-year-old gelding '„ when the younger horee rushed at him and knocked him down.

INJURED BY FALLS. Falling in Wellesley Street on Saturday evening, Mrs. Mary Eleanor Pike, aged 07, xeceiveJ. concussion and head injuries, and was admitted to hospital. Following a fall, Mrs. Alice Whitfield, aged 68, of 160, Victoria Street, was admitted to the Auckland Hospital suffering from a fracture of the knee. Mrs. Pike was progressing favourably and Mrs. WhitfiekTs condition was fair to-day. HURT AT FOOTBALL. Concussion was suffered hy Cecil Browne, aged 19, of Manurewa, when he received a kick while playing football at Manurewa on Saturday afternoon. He was progressing favourably to-day at the Auckland Hospital. Suffering from injuries received in football games, three players were admitted to the Waikato Hospital on Saturday. James Casey, aged 15, of Dudley Terrace, Frankton Junction, received a broken arm, while John Dempsey, aged 24, of Huia Avenue, Frankton, was injured in the chest, and Thomas Orr, aged 19, of Puketaha, was given treatment for an injury to the back. In no case is the patient in a serious condition. a MOTOR CYCLISTS HURT. When the machine they were riding was involved in a collision with a taxi on the Great North Road, near Western Springs yesterday, two motor cyclists, John George MeAlpine, of 10, Duart Avenue, Mount Albert, and William Joseph Mirko, of 9, Heldon Avenue, Mount Albert, both aged 18, were injured, MeAlpine suffering a fracture of the right ankle and his companion concussion. They were taken to the Auckland Hospital in a St. John ambulance, They both were progressing favourably to-day. Another motor cyclist, Mr. Fieldor Spencer Douglas Luckens, aged 21, ol 48, Wynyard Street, City, suffered con cussion when he came into collision wit} a car at Kingsland shortly a?ter 5 p.m yesterday. His condition is not serious TWO FINGERS CRUSHED. When his right hand was caught i: the chain of a milking machine whic he was oiling, Mr. Norman Rowlant manager of the farm of Mr. V. W Simms, of Otewa, Otorohanga, had tw fingers crushed on Saturday. He wa taken for treatment to the Waikat Hospital.