ACCIDENTS
; FIVE PERSONS INJURED [ (PRESS ASSOCIATION TEt-EGfcAlf.) | PALMERSTON, N., January 28. I While Mrs R. Edwards, of Palmerston North, and members of her family and some friends were motoring to Foxton beach yesterday, their car skidded in loose metal on the road between Foxton township and the beach, the vehicle crashing into a telegraph pole and being extensively damaged. Mrs Edwards suffered bruises and shock, and her daughter, Marcella Edwards, had a broken arm, head injuries, and shock. Mr R. Edwards suffered a broken nose: Josephine Hudson, of Thames, cuts and abrasions; and Molly D'Ath, of Eltham, a fractured ankle. All were admitted to hospital. TRAPPED IN LAUNCH CABIN ,r::*ss association tilt.gbam.* AUCKLAND. January 28 Trapped in the cabin of a launch when a primus stove exploded, A. E. Byron, of Ponsonby, groped his way out through the flames and was fairly severely burned. The flames leaped towards the engine, and while he was beating them out, leaking petrol from a drum in the cockpit caught alight and Byron found his escape blocked. He had. however, prevented the flames from reaching the engine and the fuel tank, and with the aid of an extinguisher he minimised the damage to the cockpit and the galley.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21384, 29 January 1935, Page 19
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