MOTOR- CYCLIST HURT.
AUCKLAND RIDER'S FALL. ''■■■:.'■"■'. ■■■:■■-.■•■•: .;■ ...■:■■>,H : ———— r . ;;?■'■'.;:,'■''"•;■ ■:,-■'■'.-'■"■'-A ACCIDENT AT - ROTORUA. SOMERSAULT IN RACE. [BY ~ TELECEAFH.—OWN «ORRESFOKDENT ] BOTORUA, Monday. ;-6 A serious accident to : : ; a v<; motor-cyclist occurred in: the A Rotorua heavy-weight event lat '. the Rotorua motor-cycle sports to-day '' < i At the lower turn the machine of S. Whitehead, of Auckland, wobbled, v owing to the seat -jamming -'down on the back wheel, and took ': a complete somersault. The i rider fell with f great; force, and was removed to the' hospital in ; an '■ unconscious .condition,:: suffering from severe concussion. This evening he had .regained consciousness, ; and was reported to be making .favourablei progress. ' '".In the Geyser Handicap; race T. Scott skidded and / sustained .;■' a broken collarbone. ....-.-- : ■■■'■ ' . . ■'■ There were, a number- of other mishaps, unattended by ; serious injury, during the day. ■ /;".':: .•v:'v;;--;-; < :"•';;::' v-'-".;■■'.•
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18537, 23 October 1923, Page 6
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