SENSATIONAL ACCIDENT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18578, 10 December 1923, Page 8

SENSATIONAL ACCIDENT.

BICYCLE RUNS DOWN*HILL; GIRL'S PRESENCE OF Mr ' FRACTURE OF SHOULDER A startling bicycle accident, *ti£s*j£' prevented by the rider's presence of from being attended with more eeri*!* results, occurrrod at Cockle Bay, £ -V* Howick, yesterday afternoon, to *'l&.J£ old girl, Miss E. Roberts, of Pamnw/ who was cycling with severs!, other «,U At the top of the steep path which L/ to the Cockle Bay wharf she iSfiS IS of her machine, which commenced teW ' down the incline. .*** -. . . With remarkable presence of mind Mr.' ' Roberts guided the bicycle towSft only spot which offered any hope of saf.\ '• ' a space of about five feet in width C' tween the edge of the wharf and a n«*»car. The wharf itself was blocked hv* truck. Owing to the speed at which S J, '&*' was travelling—estimated by an eve-w?L ness to be not less 'ban 25 miles'i?" hour—it was impossible for her to *„* ~ vharply. ° txa \ Miss Robert, after passing safely $». ' ■ tween the wharf and the motor * thrown from her bicycle as the niachiS fell over mi embankment, about eighth! &% high, on to the beach. So great »L •''°' the momentum, attained that the rider t • is stated, was carried forward a distanoN '-'\< of no lass than 41ft. from the 3? ' " ' mont. She fell on to the sandy beach a»j — sustained a broken shoulder. After rl ceiving medical attention che was '*»?'•••"•••' veyed to tie Auckland HospiEft TT •K\