ACCIDENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1938, Page 6

ACCIDENTS

PEDESTRIAN’S DEATH FROM / - . INJURIES;-r y-t . *

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CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 26. >

Kuockeu o.er by a motor-car aEJiie coiuur oi'ya. eterburougfi a.ndv- Vtetoiui. oumis about Ai.au last night, a peues..An, axis JilizaDeth iviason, - o/, of y j oei ved iiij urfes from, - which jMe uhkl aoout an hour alter-admission to fiosone was taken to the. Christchurch EublioHospital with head-'ihjuriqs.saiul~ a liatture oU'tlie left leg, land' digd at,‘ 12.10. ■ y; v- -. ‘ ' 1 i m .r-r Hi'H-Ty FARM-WORKER INJURE^. , WAIMATE, Aug. 25.. J , vbavid Tilser, aged .19, who arrived •iu New Zealand.• from Scotland ;a u mouth ago/ - suffered nan injury to Ins;, oaek while -sowing lime op tile ,property , of Mr T. Quinn, Willowbridgc. - Tilser was: lifting'a bag, of Time when it is believed that lie overbalanced and } fell heavily, injuring his ’ back. >He ' was not able, to, rise, and. when;. found some time later was, almost under the feet of the horses. ... He was taken by ambulance, to Waimate, wjire he .received attention from. J)r T., W. Wylie. . -rr CHILD HIT BY MOTOR-CAR. NEW PLYMOUTH, Aug. 25, ’ Struck by a ai., Patea this afternoon, Dorothy Olds, aged . was . admitted to, hospital with a fractured skull, ~She was ridipg a bicycle, and was thrown. heavily. to ! the The child was still unconscious to-lligllt. ’ ; ' V .

TRAMWAY WORKER -KILLED. . DUN EDIN, Aug The deaili occurred in the - hospital this afternoon.., of,j Jaines •tEwart, a tramway employee, :w,ho had been admitted, earlier in the sday,; suffering from ‘injuries, he Tgeeiyedq whgjAyjlie ivas - knocked . down (by; a: i niotorhcar,! while lief vitas: engaged in : cleaning th,o tram linopoints . on- Anderson’s Road, near .the tJloyal Cresecnt,.Tjhft deceased i was-v in- a? ’ crouching, posltiqn when , lie was struck, ;- and ,he X; NV9,s. taken to the. hospital suffiering-.frdni. a broken left leg, ,aud -a fracture at<-tko. base of tli6 skull. : .... ,