COLLISION IN A MELBOURNE STREET.
» LADY BRASSEY SERIOUSLY INJURED. [PBESS ASSOCIATION.] Melbourne. 22nd July. Lady Brassey, wife of the Governor of Victoria, met with a serious accident today. She was driving in Elizabeth-street, accompanied by the Hon. Dorothy Brand, daughter of Lord Hampden, Governor of New South Wales, when a runaway cart violently collided with the carriage. The Hon. Dorothy Brand was thrown out and escaped with a shaking, but Lady Brassey received the full force of the impact in her right side. She was removed lo Government House, and it was found that two ribs were broken, one baotly. The doctor fears that her lungs may to some extent be affected. (Received. July 23, 10 a.m.) MEL3OTJENE, THIS DAY. Besides the broken ribs, Lady Brassey is much bruised and in great pain, but is not in a dangerous state, and her medical attendants now anticipate a good recovery.
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Evening Post, Volume LIV, Issue 20, 23 July 1897, Page 5
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149COLLISION IN A MELBOURNE STREET. Evening Post, Volume LIV, Issue 20, 23 July 1897, Page 5
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