MOTORING ACCIDENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 September 1934, Page 8

MOTORING ACCIDENTS

CRASH INTO HOUSE. [PER. PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, September 17. Late on Saturday, a heavy limousine, driven by Miss E. Hamilton of St. Albans, jumped a side channel in Bealey Avenue smashed a six-foot * paling fence, then crashed into the side of a house, a portion of which was shifted from the foundations. A number of articles in a room, including a clock, were broken. The bumper of the car was embedded in broken weatheiboards. One of the occupants of the house, Mrs E. Blewett received a severe fright from the noise and impact. The driver of the car was unhurt. The accident was caused by the car colliding with another at the corner and swerving off the road. KILLED BY MOTOR-CYCLE. CHRISTCHURCH, September 15. Alfred Reginald Newbury, aged 66, of Sydenham, who was knocked down by a motor-cycle in Carlyle Street on Friday evening, died at the hospital early this morning from severe head injuries. He did not regain consciousness. The motorcyclist, Victor Sayers, alsof entered the hospital. He sustained head injuries. DISTRICT COLLISIONS. Damage was caused to the protection railway fence in Mawhera Quay yesterday morning, when a car, driven by Mr John, Everett, crashed through it, after coming off Cobden Bridge. The wooden railings were broken, but the damage to the car was confined to a twisted bumper. A collision between two cars occurred in Bright Street, Cobden, yesterday afternoon. Mr C. Neville was driving his car, when a stationary car proceeded to turn in the street. This vehicle, driven by Mr Hugh Smith, junr., of Nelson Creek, was struck on a mudguard by Mr Neville’s car. Mr Hugh Smith, senr., who was seated in the back seat, was overbalance by the jolt, and an apple in his pocket was pressed hard against him, to injure his kidneys slightly. TASMANIAN TRAGEDY. [BY CABLE —PRESS ABSN.—COPYRIGHT.] HOBART, September 16. Motoring home early in the morning from the “Hobart Mercury” newspaper, four journalists collided with a motor lorry. One of them, Jack Judd, aged 30 years, was killed. Roy Kearney, aged 41 years, sustained a compound fracture of the skull. His condition is critical. A third, Lloyd Morgan, aged 24 years, fractured his knee cap, while Leonard Harback sustained facial injuries.