SERIOUS BICYCLE ACCIDENT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11650, 11 May 1901, Page 5

SERIOUS BICYCLE ACCIDENT.

MR. T. PROSSER, SEN., BADLY INJURED.

Another shocking bicycle accident took I place late yesterday afternoon, the victim being Mi. Tims. Prosser, sen., the wellknown boot, manufacturer, of this city. He has been accustomed for the last three, years to use the bicycle for exercise and for business purposes. Yesterday afternoon late he went out on his machine for exercise, and also to do some little business, going byway of Pitt-street to town. At the intersection of Pitt-street and Vincent-street he was knocked from his bicycle by a horse arid trap, sustaining very grave injuries, which, as he is 7o years of age. makes his case all the more serious - . So tar as the particulars can be got from eye-witnesses of the accident, it. appears that Mr. Prosser was on his right side of the road, pretty close to the kerbing, as was also a trap which was coming on behind him— butcher's cart, said to be driven by a young man named Taipton, in the employ of Mr. K'mber, of Welling-ton-street. To the eyes of the bystanders and passers-by the horse in the cart seemed to get restive, and suddenly swerved towards the bicycle, the horse coming into collision Willi Mr. Prosser, who was knocked off the machine and thrown heavily towards or on the kerbing. Mi-. Hanson, builder, an intimate friend of Mr. Prosser's. who was on a passing 'bus. at once jumped down, and with Mr. Val. Woods, of South-street. Newton, assisted to take Mr. Prosser to his home, Karnngnhape Road. Medical aid was invoked, and Dr. Darby came first and attended to the patient's injuries. Subsequently Dr. Lewis was also called in. Mr. Prosser was found to have sustained very severe injuries, namely, two ribs broken on the right side, his right arm broken above the. elbow, a cut 2in in length above the left temple, which required to be stitched, the left eye very severely bruised and cut, and the side of the nose injured, the flange of the nostril being severed. He has also suffered some concussion of the brain, his head being slightly dented, and last night he was in a semi-conscious stale. The doctors saw Mr. Prosser a second time and are awaiting developments to-day. At Mr. Prosser's grtat age it is feared that matters will go very hard with him. Mr. Prosser is a very old colonist, coming here in 1864. and is widely known and respected throughout the Auckland district. Up to a late hour last night there were numerous callers upon his son, Mr. Thos. Prosser, and the family, to ascertain the old gentleman's condition, and as to the probabilities of his recovery. The police are making the necessary investigations.