ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 3 May 1928, Page 9

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

GIRL FATALLY HURT. (BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) GISBORNE, May 3. Marcia Margaret Carrington, aged 11, whilst walking along a country road with her mother on Tuesday evening was run into -and knocked /down by a youth named Albert Lamb, who was riding a motor cycle. She sustained concussion and died in the hospital to-day. SCALDING CAUSES DEATH. AUCKLAND, May 3. Rita, the two-year-oldf daughter of Mr. E. Hegh, of Papakura, died at Auckland as a result of scalding on Monday. Rita was being chased by her brother, aged four, when she bumped into a pot which her grandmother was lifting from' the fire, "boiling liquid being spilled over her face and chest. MOTOR CAR FALLS INTO PIT. CARTERTON, May 3. Heavy rain caused a flood in the Maugateretere River. The water undermined the eastern approach to a bridge. Charles Zabell was driving a car with two sisters- as- passengers, when the road crust collapsed- and the car and its occupants were precipitated int'a pit ,12 feet wide and 15 to- 20 feet deep." The driver and’ one- girl in the front seat, were thrown clear, but- Beriiie was tossed- from the back seat through the windscreen, severely rutting her head and bruising her face. She was taken to a- private hospital, where her wounds were dressed, and she was- then taken home, where she is progressing well. The county staff effected; temporary repairs, and the bridge is now open , for light traffic.

The motor ear was practically ruined.