ACCIDENTS

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22304, 19 January 1938, Page 10

ACCIDENTS

KICKED by horse CHILD SERIOUSLY INJURED (I-Rr.r.S ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) BLENHEIM. January IS. As a result of severe head injuries suffered when he was kicked by a draught horse on his parents’ farm m Lower Wairau, Peter Jones, aged 18 months, the son of Mr and Mrs Hollis Jones was admitted to hospital where an operation was immediately performed. .... Tire child’s condition was still serious Ibis afternoon. He was suffering from a compound fracture of the skull. Straying from the homestead, the child climbed through a fence into the horse paddock, where (he accident happened. MOTORIST DIES FROM INJURIES ROTORUA, January 18. Hugh Southern Hayes, aged 26, the driver of a car which crashed over a 800 feet drop on the Roloma hill, between Rotorua and Whakatanc on Sunday night, died this afternoon in the Rotorua Hospital. Hayes was pinned by the steering wheel, and suffered very severe head and internal injuries. Hayes was identified by a driving licence found in the car, and his identity was subsequently confirmed. His home is at Nukumaru, near Wailotara, where he was engaged in farming. Joseph Vance Viscoo, a timber worker, whom Hayes picked up as a passenger on the Parapara road, was also involved in the accident, but is making a satisfactory improvement in hospital. WATERSIDER INJURED WELLINGTON, January 18. Struck by a coal-grab while working in the hold of the collier, Wingatui, J. Hannah, of 210 Willis street, a walorsidcr. suffered severe injuries and shock. The hospital reports that his condition is satisfactory. ROY DIES FROM BURNS WHANGAREI. January 18. Severely burned when a tin of methylated spirits exploded, Lloyd Worthington, aged 12. a son of Mr Hector Worthington. of Maungafuroto, died in Ihc Whangarci Hospital last night. The boy was filling a toy engine operated by methylated spirits from a half-gallon can, when the spirit exploded. The lad’s clothing was set on fire, and before the flames could be extinguished he suffered severe burns on practically every part of his body and face. The explosion was of such force that the can, which was being handled in tho open air, was blown over Hie house. LEG FRACTURED WOMAN INJURED EN MOTOR COLLISION Miss Minnie Pepper, of 74 Bamford street, suffered a compound fracture of the left log when she was involved in a motor collision shortly after seven o’clock last evening. Miss Pepper was riding on the pillion-scat of a motorcycle when it came into collision with a motor-car at the corner of Ferry road and Moorhousc avenue. Miss Popper was taken to the Christchurch Public Hospital by Ihc St. John Ambulance, and laic last evening was reported to be making satisfactory progress.