TWO FATAL MISHAPS OCCUR IN SOUTHLAND

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6850, 4 March 1929, Page 6

TWO FATAL MISHAPS OCCUR IN SOUTHLAND

Man and Wife Killed

ONE OF TWO BROTHERS SUCCUMBS IN HOSPITAL ROAD ACCIDENTS. Per Press Association. INVERCARGILL, Last Night, A shocking accident occurred ai Konnington on Saturday , afternoon, when the north-bound mail train to Dunedin ran down a motor cqr containing Mr and Mrs Adams, of Bush Siding. They wore on their way to town. Mrs Adams was killed outright, while Mr Adams was seriously injured and was subsequently brought into the Southland hospital, where he died shortly after admission. The ear was badly smashed.

As the result of a serious collision at about ono o'clock on Saturday at the corner of Thames street and North road, two young men, Stewart Hehder« son, aged 17 and his brother, Norria aged about 22, residing at Waikiwi, were admitted to tho Southland hospital where Stewart succumbed to hia injuries. Details of the occurrence were meagre but it appears that the brothers were riding into'town on a motor cycle, one on the pillion. At the intersection of Thomaes street and North road they apparently swerved to avoid at. approaching car and in so doing, crashed headlong into a motor truck that was proceeding along North road. Medical attention was at once called for and when Dr Collins arrived, he assisted in removing tho younger of the boys from underneath the truck. Subsequently the injured youths were removed in the ambulance to the hospital in an unconscious condition. The elder brother has a fracture of the skull, cuts and abrasions and is also suffering from shock.