MANY ACCIDENTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23400, 17 July 1939, Page 12

MANY ACCIDENTS

SHOCK FOR MOTOEIST COLLISION WITH HORSE ANIMAL STRIKES RADIATOR LEAP FROM SIDE OF ROAD [by telegraph —own correspondent] TAUPO, Saturday A Rotorua motorist, Mr. W. McHale, had a startling experience last night while driving a small van on the main highway between Taupo and National Park, when a stray horse jumped from the side of the road about 3ft. in front of the van. Tho impact was so severe that tho radiator was driven almost back toi,the windscreen, which was shattered. Mr. McHale and a companion escaped injury. Tho horse was killed and had to be removed by a tractor.

JUMP FROM TRAIN ELDERLY MAN INJURED PASSENGERS NOTICE MISHAP VICTIM STAGGERS . TO STATION [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] TE 3?T7KE, Saturday When he jumped from the Taneatua .express as it was pulling out of the Te Puke station, Mr. G. Fairbrother, aged 62, of Moeraka, suffered a fracture of the shoulder and head injuries which necessitated his removal to the Tauranga Hospital. Passengers on tho express noticed Mr. Fairbrother fall and informed the guard, who telephoned the 'le railway station from Paengaroa. lhe staff at Te Puke were about to organise a search for Mr. Fairbrother when he appeared at the station after staggering about 100 yards down the line. Mr. Fairbrother had intended to alight at Te Puke, but had fallen asleep, and the train was under way before he realised ho had reached,- his destination.

KICKED BY HORSE FARM HAND'S MISFORTUNE Soon after starting his first job on a farm at Te Hana on. Saturday, David James Balderston, aged 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Balderston, of Kaiwaka, received a kick from a horse, and suffered a fracture of his right ankle. He was brought by private motor-car to the Auckland Hospital.

FOOTBALLERS HURT ADMISSIONS TO HOSPITAL While playing for a Whangarei team against- the Richmond (Auckland) senior reserve League team on Saturday, Mr. David Parkes, a married man, aged 28, suffered severe concussion as a result of a kick on' the head. He was admitted to the Whangarei Hospital. When plaj'ing football at Te Kuiti on Saturday", Thomas Lowrie, aged 15, of Te Kuiti, suffered a fracture of the left leg. He was taken to the Waikato Hospital in a St. John ambulance, but his condition is not regarded as serious. * * ! k~ "m

AUCKLAND EXPERIENCE ONLY TWO MISHAPS Only two persons suffered injury in motor accidents in Auckland during the week-end. They were taken to the Auckland Hospital in St. John ambulances, and their condition is not serious. Knocked down by a car at the corner of Karangahape Road and Gundry Street, Newton, last night, Mr. Harry Davis, single, aged 72, of 3 James Street, City, • suffered head injuries. Mr. M. Findlay, of 14 Sussex Street, Grey Lynn, who suffered shock in a collision between his motor-cycle and a motor-car at the corner of Sussex Street and Crummer Road on Saturday morning, was treated at the casualty department and discharged.

SPIRIT STOVE EXPLODES TWO CHILDREN BURNED [from our own correspondent] HAMILTON, Sunday Burns to legs and face were suffered by June Norgren,' aged eight, and Neil Norgren, aged four, children of Mr. 0. Norgren, of Braid Road, Te Rapa, when a spirit stove exploded. They were admitted to the Wnikato Hospital, but their condition is not serious. MAN SEVERELY BURKED BENZINE LAMP MISHAP [from our own correspondent] Hamilton, Sunday Severe burns to the head and fore* arms were suffered by Mr. Frederick William Johnson, aged 50, of Puketa* rata Road, Otorohanga, this evening, when the benzine lamp he was filling exploded. He was admitted to the Waikato Hospital.

TWO OARS COLLIDE TELEGRAPH WIRES BROKEN [from our own correspondent] RAMARAMA,- Saturday A fortunate escape from injury was experienced by the driver of a small car and driver of a large sedan car with four passengers when the two vehicles collided on the Great South Road, near Ingram's Road,' Ratnarama, about 0.45 last evening. Tho large car was being driven north by Mr. James Michael Sushames, of Ramctramu, and the small car south by Mr. Ronald Robert Smith, of Hobsonvillo. After the impact tho large car continued on s'everal feet and struck a telegraph polo, bringing down half a dozen wires. Both vehicles were extensively damaged.

TRUCK STRIKES BRIDGE DRIVER SERIOUSLY HURT [from our own correspondent] 'WHANGAREI, Sunday Severa head injuries were received by Mr. Arthur Hewitt, a single man, employed by the North Auckland Power Board, when a light truck he was driving crashed into tbo side rail of a railway overhead bridge on tho main road just north of Itamo at about three o'clock this morning. Ho was returning from when tbo accident occurred and fortunately a motorist came on tho scene just after the mishap and took the injured man to tho "Whangarei Hospital.Tho truck was extensively damaged and a .length of the sido rail of the bridge was torn ivway.