MISHAPS AND DEATHS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10392, 9 May 1927, Page 3

MISHAPS AND DEATHS

RUGBY ALISHAP. HAMILTON, May 8. Ernest Attv.ood, a young forward, had his leg broken in the City-Tech-nical Old Boys Rugby match on Saturday. GIRL CYCLIST COLLIDES WITH MOTOR VAN. PALMERSTON N., May 0. Mavis Sehlerike, 19, was admitted to hospital last night in a serious condition from head injuries, the result of a collision with a motor van while riding a bicycle near the War Memorial. MOTOR CYCLIST KILLED. O AMARU, May 3. A fatal collision Ifctween a motor cyclist, Bruce Frame, 24, a son of Robert Frame, and Herbert Nicholson, son of William Nicholson, ot Hampden, who was riding y. horse, occurred just after dark lasi- e'tning, near Hampden bridge. liame did not notice the horse until he was on to it. He was heavily thrown, and fractured . his skull, expiring at about 8 o’clock. TRAIN COLLIDES WITH JIGGER. • TWO MEN INJURED. HAMILTON, May 7. A serious accident occurred on the railway line between Rukuliia and Ohaupo at about 5 o’clock last night, when a train from Frnnkton struck n jigger on which were two men. The conditions wore nustv, and the- men failed to notice the approaching train. Jack Hamilton, 25, sustained a compound fracture ol the right leg and injuries to bis hand and head, while Clias. Sleeth, 45, had a fracture, possibly a compound one, of the right leg. . . The injured men were placed m tlio guard’s van of a Te Kuiti train and eonvovrd to Frankton. Their condition is fair, but both are undergoing ■operations in the V aikato hospital this morning. Who pa vs the bill for the injured worker? Consult the Standard Insurance Company for full protection. O. G. Bloore, chief agent; G. Scddon local manager.—Advt.