A TIMELY RESCUE.
CONSTABLE’S PROMPT ACTION. SERIOUS INJURY AVERTED. (Special to Daily Times.) CHRISTCHURCH, December 18. When Constable M'Cormick was on duty at the • intersection of Hereford street and Colombo street this afternoon a telegraph messenger boy (W. G. Withell) crashed into a trailer on a tramcar. He was thrown from his bicycle and was in danger of having his legs crushed under the wheels. Constable M’Cormick, acting promptly, swung the boy clear, and the tram passed on without seriously iinjuring Withell, except that his nose was broken and he suffering concussion. His condition is not serious.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19261220.2.72
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 19977, 20 December 1926, Page 12
Word Count
97A TIMELY RESCUE. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19977, 20 December 1926, Page 12
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in