HOLIDAY ACCIDENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13369, 26 December 1906, Page 7

HOLIDAY ACCIDENTS.

MOTHER AND TWO CHILDREN

INJURED

A serious trap accident occurred ou Mount Roskill Road yesterday afternoon, and resulted in a mother and her two children receiving injuries of a painful nature. Mrs. Hill, of Kingsland, accompanied by her two daughters, aged 10 years and 12 months respectively, and a driver, were on an afternoon's outing. The driver got out of the vehicle to adjust some of the head gear on the horse, when the latter reared, and knocking the man over, bolted along the. Mount Roskill Road. The occupants were thrown out at different stages, and eventually the horse was stopped, the buggy being considerably damaged. The injured people were picked up by a motorist and taken to Dr. l'urchas, who, after attending to the sufferers, had them sent home. Mrs. Hill received a severe shaking, besides wounds and bruises about the face and body. The girl had her shoulder dislocated, and the baby sustained a broken thigh. The driver was also much bruised, and received medical attention. TRAP ACCIDENT AT ONEHUXCA. A young man named Robert Bennett, of Parnell, met with a nasty accident while driving along Auckland Road, Onelmnga, about ten. minutes to three p.m. yesterday. He was alone in a sulky, and when near Waiwera House his horse shied at the approach of a tram car. The sudden swerve caused Mr. Bennett to be thrown out of the vehicle heavily on to the footpath. Inspector T. Ash and Mr. E. Henderson jumped off the tram and picked up Mr. Bennett, who was unconscious. They took him by the next car to the surgery of Dr. Harry Tresidder, where lie was attended to. His injuries consisted of a. badly lacerated ear, wounds on the face, head, and liaaids cut, and a severe shaking. After losing its driver the hoi-se careered along to Beattie's corner, where it was stopped by Mr. J. Stokes. Mr. Bennett, after receiving medical attention, was taken to his home. CYCLIST COLLIDES WITH A TRAMCAR. A young man named Joseph Briddock, a resident of Surrey-street, (Jrev Lynn, was admitted to the Auckland Hospital yesterday afternoon .suffering from injuries to the head sustained in a, collision between his bicyc'.e and a tram air on the Khvber Pass section. - It appears that Briddock was cycling up Khyber Pass, and was in the centre of the down car track, just at the rear of a tram going citywards. An approaching car appeared to get right ou to the cyclist before lie was aware of its proximity, or before he attempted to shift from the course along which he was travelling. As a result of his apparent confusion on realising the danger imminent, lie moved on to the .space dividing the two sets of tracks just as the two trams met. A collision resulted, and the bicycle and rider were caught between the ears, which were pulled up by the motormen within a very short distance, otherwise Briddock must have received more serious injuries than he did; .Mr. W. D. Lysaght, traffic manager, was promptly communicated with, and besides summoning Dr. McDougall hastened to the scene of the accident, and had the sufferer removed to the hospital in a cab. Briddock sustained a slight concussion of the brain, as well as painful bruises about the arms, but from inquiries made last evening it appears that ins injuries are not of a serious character. On recovering from his dazed condition Briddock remembered very little of the accident. He says he was riding behind one car and another approached, but of more than that lie bus no recollection. A BOLT. All the elements necessary for a. serious accident were present in a runaway which occurred to one of Messrs. It. and W. Kellaby's meat carts shortly after noon on Saturday. The horse bolted from Princesstreet while the driver was delivering an order to a customer, and with a. gradually increasing pace turned round the corner into Shortland-street. The down grade gave a further impetus to the runaway, which steered clear of everything on (lie road till it crashed into and carried away a verandah post at Messrs. Winks and Usui's premises. The force of the collision brought the horse to a standstill, and it was secured before it had time to make off again. Beyond the verandah post being levelled and Mi© liarness slightly brokjju, no diamine resulted.'