ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

Evening Star, Issue 20511, 16 June 1930, Page 9

ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

CAR COLLISIONS. One man was killed outright and an* other lies in a serious condition in the Hamilton Hospital as the result of a collision between a motor car and motor cycle at Horotin on Saturday afternoon. The motor cycle and and side car was travelling towards Hamilton, when it collided with a car driven by A. H. Baldwin, a miner, of Huntly. John Langford Gavey, twenty-six years of age, a salesman, of Frankton, was killed outright, and his companion on the cycle, George Kasoof, twenty-five years of age, of Huntly, was admitted to the hospital with concussion. It is not known who was_ riding the cycle and who was in the side car. Mrs Ann Stewart, a passenger in the car, is suffering from shock and slight concussion. The deceased was a married man with one child. The inquest into the death of Norman Coburn, who died as the result of a motor smash on the night of May 24, was concluded at New Plymouth. Evidence was given that a garage had been overcrowded with cars, one of which was taken out and parked on the correct side of the street without lights but in a lighted area. It was into this car that Coburn’s car crashed. The coroner returned a verdict that Coburn died as the result of a collision. RAILWAYMAN INJURED. A railway porter named E. A. Johnston suffered minor injuries to his head at Burkes on Saturday afternoon, when a tablet catcher swung back and struck him. Ho received attention to his eye at the hospital, but his injuries are not serious. • BURNS AND BRUISES. Harry Burns, aged 35, residing at Portobello, was driving a car near Company’s Bay on Saturday evening when a tyre burst and sent the car over a bank, where it caught fire. The driver was taken to the hospital suffering from burns and bruises to both legs. KNOCKED DOWN BY CAE. Annie (Houston, a widow, 75 years of age, residing at Montgomery avenue, North street, was admitted to the hospital at 11 a.m. yesterday with injuries to her head, caused by being knocked down by a motor car on the Main North road. She is suffering from cuts and shock, but her condition is not regarded as serious. PENSIONER’S SUDDEN DEATH. Samuel Hill, an old age pensioner, aged 76 ypars, who resided with his daughter at 209 Cargill road. South Dunedin, died suddenly at 8 o’clock this morning. Dr Murray states that ho is prepared to certify that the deceased died from natural causes, and an inquest will not be necessary,.