MOTOR CYCLING ACCIDENT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 25, 29 December 1925, Page 7

MOTOR CYCLING ACCIDENT.

FEILDING RESIDENT INJURED. (From Our Feilding Correspondent.) A young man named Frederick Huddleston, aged 21, plumber, of Makino road, Feilding, was found unconscious on the roadside near Halcombe last night, having met with an accident while motor cycling. His injuries necessitated his removal to the Palmerston North Hospital where he was found to bo suffering from abrasions to the face jnd injuries to the head. On enquiry at the institution to-day the patient’s condition. was reported to bo as well as could be expected under the circumstances, and that tho accident was looked upon as serious.

MEN THROWN TO ROADWAY,

ACCIDENT DUE TO TYRE BURST,

Motoring in from Manutuke at a late hour, and when nearing tho Waipaoa bridge, a local motorist was startled to see two blood-smeared figures stagger into the view of his headlights and make signals for him to stop, says a Gisborne paper. Immediately applying the brakes, he found two men, one supporting the other, badly cut about the head and face and appearing as if they had been the victims of a motor smash. The men were placed aboard the car and taken into town, where they received medical attention. Both were found to be suffering from shock and severe bruises about the body, and were badly cut about the face and arms, one man having a broken nose. -

It appears that the injured men were pililon riding on a high-powered motor cycle and, when travelling at a fair speed along the road between Manutuke and the bridge, the back tyre blew out, causing the cycle to swerve, and the riders, losing their balance, were precipitated on the roadway. Neither being in a condition to proceed to the nearest house for assistance 'they had to wait on the side of the road until some passing motorist picked them up. They were most fortunate at ITfat hour that they were not left on the roadside all night.

LORRY’S NARROW ESCAPE.

NEARLY STRUCK BY TRAIN,

(Per Press Association.') STRATFORD, Dec. 29. A lorry containing 16 passengers, returning from New Plymouth narrowly escaped being smashed by a race special last night. The driver turned over a crossing and the lorry escaped by inches. Mr Theo Skoglund, a farmer, seeing the danger, took a flying leap and landed on his head. He was removed to hospital in a critical condition, having sustained a fractured skull.

SENSATIONAL EXPERIENCE,

Per Press Association. NELSON, Dec. 29,

A party of Thames motorists consisting of Mr and Mrs W. Judd, Allan Judd (son) and Miss Judd (daughter) and Leslie Judd (cousin) had a sensational experience on Murchison road yesterday. While negotiating a bend they met a motor lorry, and while passing it the edge of the road gave way precipitating the car and the occupants 30 feet below, the car coming to rest against a tree stump. The occupants were shot up out of the top of the hood, but all escaped injury with the exception of the two ladies, Mrs Judd receiving severe facial injuries, including a broken nose, and her daughter a severe cut on- the leg. Both are in the public hospital, but their condition is not serious.