ACCIDENTS.

Grey River Argus, 12 January 1927, Page 3

ACCIDENTS.

MEN FALL 60 FEET. WONDERFUL ESCAPE. HAMILTON, Jan. 11. Two railway surfacemen, Moyle rral Stonnell, were thrown from a jigger over a bridge at Morrinsx ille and fch , sixty feet on to a soft bank. They had a miraculous escape, neither being seriously hurt. FIRE ENGINE MISHAP. FATA LIT FTV ERT EI). AUCKLAND, January IL A lire engine of the Onehunga Bri gade collided with a telegraph post when proceeding to a fire to-day. On turning a corner, the driver swerved to avoid a man on the ro;®, ami the engine was carried to the side of the road, where it struck the post. The vehicle was considerably damaged, but none of the firemen were injured. The gear was transferred to another engine, and there was little delay in reaching the lire. BULL ATTACKS OLD MAN. A TERRBLIE ORDEAL. PAHIATUA, January 11. Janies Brown, aged 77, rtsiumg with his son, G. 11. Brown, in Bahia tua, had a terrifying experience when driving a jersey bull through- a. gate. The animal turned against a wire-net ling fence, where tie* victinr was of fee lively pinned. The bull commenced to gore Brown who had the presence of mind to clutch the chain hanging from the animal s nose jerking fiercely at each rush, thus deflecting the force of the blows. Brown hung tenaciously to th’e chain for some minutes, till his son ran to the seen*' and beat the animal off, though not before it had turned its attention to the new-comer. Brown, sour., suffered laceration of the arms and legs, as well as bruises covering the xvhole of his body. r I he bull’s horn passed through the palm ot one hand, and pierced a hole behind INFANT CAR VICTIM. AUCKLAND. January 11. Eric Moroney, aged 4 years, whose parents reside at Edendale, was knocked down by a motor car yesterday afternoon while running across Lak* 1 Road, Takapuna. Tin* boy sustained a fractured skull and his condition is icgarded as serious.