ACCIDENTS

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21087, 12 February 1934, Page 14

ACCIDENTS

MOTOR-CYCLIST KILLED i i COI.IJ.SIOX AT WIXCHMOKE t Following a collision between a motor-car and a motor-cycle on the . Ashburton-Methven road at Winchm.orc on Saturday evening. William Mcrvell Cleveland, aged 25, whose parents reside at 77 Melville street, Duncdin, died from injuries in the Ashburton Public Hospital yesterday afternoon. Cleveland, who commenced employment with Mr Charles O'Brien, far- I mcr, Highbnnk, on Saturday morning, was'riding his motor-cycle to Ashbur- ! ton with Martin James Hickey, of 153 I Peter street. Ashburton, on the pillion scat. When almost opposite the Winchmore homestead he collided with a car driven by Mr M. F. Rooney, farmer, of Winchmore. Both vehicles were travelling near the centre of the road and a depression in 1 the roadwav momentarily obscured the view, the result was a head-on collision. . ~«.,„ Hickey jumped clear just befoic the impact, but Cleveland was thrown heavily on the road. He was admitted to the Ashburton Public Hospital with rt fracture of the base of the skul . rVacture of the thigh bone, a broken left leg, and internal injuries. He did not regain consciousness and died about 4 p.m. ! COLLISION AT LYTTELTON j MOTOR-CYCLE AND CAR i Late on Saturday night a collision occurred in Park terrace, Lyttelton. between Lyttelton and Corsair Bay. the vehicles involved being a car driven by A. Forman. of Lyttelton. and a motor-cycle and side-car, driven by Leonard Leggett. aged 24 years, a labourer, of 10 Wyndham street, Papanui The latter had a leg fractured and was cut about the face and head. Alter heine attended by Dr. C. H. Upham and members of tne Lyttelton Ambulance Division, he was conveyed to the Christehurch Hospital by jlie St John free ambulance. J. Childs, who was in the front seat of the car, received two cuts on the forehead from 1 broken glass from the windscreen, and : had to receive medical attention, lne driver and a second passenger, Ivan i Beaumont, were uninjured. There was no passenger in the side-car. ; COLLISION AT BELFAST I Herick Pattrick. of Madras street, and George Murphy, of Winton street, St. Albans, were injured when the [ latter's motor-bicycle with Pattrick on [ the pillion collided with a motor-car • on Saturday evening on the main : north road, south of the Belfast Hotel. ; Pattrick was taken home but entered • the Christehurch Public Hospital yesterday morning suffering from a frac--5 ture of the right leg. His condition 1 is not serious. Murphy received m- - juries to his left knee and was oper--5 Ltcd on late on Saturday night. : Though he was reported last night to i be improving, his condition is still serious. j | SCALDED ARM j I ! C. Pethybridge, of Courtenay street, i St. Albans, received scalds on his left > arm when the spray with which he - was cleaning out a dog-kennel burst. He was attended to by the St. John . Free Ambulance. I ~ INJURY TO ARM \ Mrs Violet Marriott, of Sawyer's ' Arms road, was riding a bicycle along her home street when she skidded and fell. She was admitted to the Christchurch Public Hospital late on Satur- " day evening suffering from injuries to 1 her right arm. Her condition is not f serious.