ACCIDENTS

Grey River Argus, 19 December 1940, Page 6

ACCIDENTS

[Per Press Association] OAMARU, December 17. i A distressing fatality occurred in I Oamaru Public Gardens this morning when Bethia Ann Stronach, two-year-cld daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Stronach, strayed away from her guardian and fell in a duckpond and was drowned. Attempts at resuscitation by the Gardens’ workmep and at the Oamaru Public Hospital, proved unavailing. CYCLIST KILLED. . CHRISTCHURCH, December 17. Charles Septimus Stevens, 38, _ of Bryndwr Road, died in the Christchurch Public Hospital, early this morning, following " collision between two cycles about 5.30 p.m. yesI terday. The cycles touched and both | riders fell off, Stevens losing conIsciousness. j FALL FROM THIRD FLOOR. ) I WELLINGTON, December 17. I Falling from the third floor of a city

building, this morning, a window cleaner Sydney Resteaux, fractured both legs at the ankle left wrist, and received shock. He was admitted to the hospital. His conditon is serious. AUCKLAND, December 18The death occurred in hospital, this ' morning, of Henry William Thompson, 76, married, bootmaker, of Morn- ! ingside, who was seriously injured m a fall of 40 feet on an asphalt path from a third floor window at the hospital, last night. He was admitted to hospital as a surgical case, a few days ago. A nurse saw Thompson on the window-ledge, but could not prevent him from falling. Thrown from a horse while rounding up cattle in the Helensyille stock- • yard, at midnight on Tuesday, Arni old McLeod 51, died in the Auckland . hospital, early this morning. His ’ skulk was fractured. TRAMPERS LOST. AUCKLAND, December 16. Al tramping party of seven members of the St. David’s Rover Scout crew and two young women, under the leadership of Dr. Hill McDougal, ' spent a night ih the Waitakere

Ranges through losing their way. They left the city in two cars yesterday morning for Cascades, and then tramped to Anawata stream. There one rover sprained an ankle, delaying the party’s return until after dark. When they got off the track, a compass course was set for Symthe’s Ridge and the party reached there at midnight and decided to wait until daylight. They then returned to Cascades, but were further delayed because one of the cars had been, bogged as a result of heavy rain. Meanwhile, a police car travelled 160 miles searching. The police heard at Karakare that the trampers were safe.