CRASH INTO POLE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23358, 29 May 1939, Page 11

CRASH INTO POLE

jffIRES BROUGHT DOWN TELEPHONE SERVICE OFF MOTORISTS' LUCKY ESCAPE , SEVERE HEAD-ON IMPACT \ miraculous escape from injury was experienced by a party of motorists at 'bout seven o'clock on Saturday evenf on the Clevcdon Road, near the Papnkm-a Borough boundary. The car, v'hicb was being driven to Rawakawa Bav, failed to take a fairly sharp bend to "the right, and crashed into a telegraph polo on the loft. 'The impact brought down 20 wires, \rliich disconnected all Ardmore subscribers on the Papakura exchange until mid-day yesterday, when the line was repaired by a Post and Telegraph Department gang. A temporary wire fixed later last evening restored communication with the Clevcdon exchange. The car crashed into the pole straight in the centre of the radiator and pushed the engine, which was extensively damaged, back several inches. The' headlights were undamaged. The driver, Mr. W. A. King, the owner, Mr. Henry Brown, and two other' passengers in the car escaped practicallv uninjured, and did not require medical attention. The car was towed away.

PASSENGER INJURED T"\VO CARS' BADLY DAMAGED Slight concussion anil a fracture of hie rHit knee-cap wore suflorcd by Mr. "William Henry Barron, }W<\ 31, married, of Pulliam Road, A\ ark worth, as ' a result of a motor collision at "\Vellsford on Saturday afternoon. The accident/took place at a corner rear the Wellsford School. Mr. Barron was a passenger in » car owned and driven by Mr. J. M. >elson, of \\ arkworth which collided with another car owned bv Mr. S. Long. garage proprietor, of Wellsford Both vehicles were extensively damaged. After receiving attention locally, -r jf r Barron was brought to the city and admitted to the Auckland Hospital 3is condition last night was reported to be not serious. MOTOR-CYCLIST HURT CONDITION REPORTED SERIOUS Injuries to his ribs, chest and neck were suffered' by Mr. James Buchanan Pearson, aged 25, single, of 259 POll- - Road, when the motor-cycle lie was "riding collided with a taxi driven by Mr. Arthur Grange, of Carlton Gore Road, at the intersection of " Manukau Road and Owens Road, Epsom, at about 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Pearson was turning out of Owens Road and the taxi was proceeding north along Manukau Road. Both vehicles were 'fairly extensively damaged. The injured man was taken to the Auckland Hospital in a St. John ambulance. His condition last night was reported to be serious. MOTOR-CYCLE MISHAP SILENT POLICEMAN STRUCK Concussion and a fractured collarIwne were suffered by Mr. Jack Locke, a clerk, aged 31, single, of 9 Winchester Street, Newtoir, last evening when the inotor-cycle he was riding struck a silent policeman at the intersection of the waterfront road and Gladstone Road, Parnell. A pillion rider, Mr. John Langdon, aged 27, of 77 Iteihana Street, Orakei. suffered shock. Both men were taken to the Auck- -- land Hospital in a St. John ambulance and Mr. Locke was admitted. His condition at a late hour was not serious. Sir. Langdon was treated in the casualty department and 'discharged. LOERY STRIKES HORSE YOUTH SERIOUSLY INJURED 'When a motor-lorry struck a horse Sn Jiassey Road. Henderson, on SaturwX..morn'ng, the rider of the horse, -William Hooker, aged 18, farm labourer. of Massey Road, suffered concussion and fractures to his left leg and arm. He was attended by Dr. tfnoda Robb. of Henderson, and was taken to the Auckland Hospital in a St. John ambulance. The horse tfas destroyed ✓ The injured youth's condition last -Eight was reported to be fairly serious.

lacerations to scalp MAN FALLS FROM TRAMCAR Concussion and lacerations to his ■rain were suffered by Mr. William 'Oilan, aged 64, farmer, of Mountain Road, Paniinire. when lie fell from a [am at the Three Kings terminus about 6..30 o'clock on Saturday even"R. He wan taken to the Auckland o si)ita| m a St. John ambulance. His i it' oo last night was reported to bo not serious. fall prom couch CHILD FRACTURES THIGH Through falling from a couch at his "'jie last night, Donald Fleetwood "son. aged two rears six months, the » n of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin .T. Wilson. 4 Green Street. Ponsonbv, suffered iraeturc of his ]eft thigh. He was - ti; miU «l to the Auckland Hospital. •« condition at a late hour was roported to be not serious. DRIVER'S LUCKY ESCAPE C AU'S PLUNGE DOWN BANK t ßy telegraph—own con respondent] HASTINGS, Sunday M,„.- 6pect i' c " | a r collision in which a Wliail' i J°hn Paku Haenga, of ] a f,] e atu > u «ir Napier, had a remarkis niirfit eSCa ' , , e .0111 injury, occurred last 1 tlio °i" Napier-Hastings road when | colli*; n (nr ' lc was driving came into 1. wliif.i, 011 AVl^'l a heavy bus. The car, 1 fiat] ; V ? s travfUing toward Napier, | drivpn P nss °d another car being I bus r ' ln *' lc same direction when tho 1 tinn f'xi 0 ' a iu a narrow por--3 ti ro: "' :ln< l the vehicles colI Wuf tT 7 r stn "' k 111,1 riKltt-linnd ] of +i,„ i " ls - '"'Pping down tho side 1 thp mn'ir V,V Vc ''icle, tearing: through % screen ti R smashing the windI tanpp '-i c '? r continued for some disI to +l, ' " n ? t ' K ' road before it swerved I aiirl Pn , ri " crashed through a steel 1 road Jcrete feneo which borders the I to rpcf " n -?, oc down a bank, and came i distanon T *' ,e roTl t wheels a short i auco from a creek.