ACCIDENTS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20505, 26 March 1932, Page 16

ACCIDENTS.

CAR OVERTURNS IN ARTHUR'S PASS. ELDERLY ASHBURTON MAN KILLED. Mr William Bowden, an elderly accountant, of Havelock street, Ashburton, was killed early last evening when a car, driven by his son, Mr W J. Bowden, jun., overturned on the road between Arthur's Pass and Otira. The driver and the other passengei, Mrs Bowden, sen., were unhurt. The car, a Whippet five-seater was proceeding from the Pass to Otira, reaching the top of the zig-zag hill about 5 p.m. Mrs Bowden was sitting beside the driver and Mr Bowden sen., was in the back seat. About two chains from the top of the hill the driver attempted to change from second gear to low gear missing the mesh, and losing oontroj: The car ran into the bank and Mr William Bowden started to get out. .The car, howevei, turned over on its side on top of him. Death must have been'^ nt £"*° u u s - Mr Bowden, jun., and Mrs Bowden walked qS a distance back, towards the Pass before they were picked up by a car. The Whippet was not bad y damaged, the front wheels and axle "Iff Bowden, who was about seventy -years of age, has been sefetary J> Afpqsrß Lane. Walker, and KuctKin, Sen manufacturers, AAburton or the past thirty years. Prior to that ™w with tile D.1.C., Dunedm. He was a widely known and respected resident of Mid-Canterbury andl his death will come as a shock to M"': An inquest will be opened at Otna to-day. QUARRY MANAGER HURT. (FMS« ABBOCUMOW TILEOKAM.) WELLINGTON, March 24. A runaway truck at the Karori Park Quarry yesterday afternoon dashed down a line and crashed into a shed at the end of the line, crushing J. Greig, the quarry manager, who was in the shed at the time. . . Greig received a fractured pelvis and injuries to the head and back. tie was taken to hospital. FATAL FALL FROM MOTORCYCLE. (rEESS ABSOCJATIOH TBLBOBAM.) March 25. John Joseph Hillary Follas, single, aged 23, of Avondale, died m the Auckland Hospital to-day from head injuries received as a result of a fall from a motor-cycle on Wednesday morning. Follas received medical attention, later proceeding home. .Complications set in and he had to be admitted to hospital. ' It is* the second case of the < kind mAuckland jsinoe Wednesday, when Frederick Wheelhouse died from head injuries suffered when knocked down by a car. He was treated at a dispensary and taken home, the injuries developing seriously some hours later. TRAMPLED BY HORSE. buffering from Injuries as the result of being trampled by a horse, W. T. Thompson, of Governor's Bay* was treated at the Hospital at noon on Thursday. He had been leading the horse and had stumbled and fallen underneath its feet.

MOTOR-CYCLIST INJURED. Albert Porter, aged 22, of 498 Hereford street,"collided with a motorrcar, at the oorner of Rolleston and Tuam streets, while riding his motor-cycle, at about half-past ten yesterday morning. He was admitted to the Christchurch Hospital suffering from shock and injuries to his legs. His condition is not serious;