TERRIBLE INJURIES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21978, 13 June 1933, Page 10

TERRIBLE INJURIES

TRAGEDY ON TRAMCAR WOMAN STRUCK BY CENTREPOLE (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, June 12. Shocking injuries to the head, which proved fatal an hour later, were received by Mrs Yvonne Wheadon, aged 28, when she came into violent contact with the centre pole while standing on the front step of a tramcar in Pitt street this evening. The conductor of the tramcar said that Mrs Wheadon and her two children boarded the car at Point Chevalier. When the tram reached the Point Chevalier Theatre the children left the car to go to the pictures and their mother continued the trip towards the city. “As we were coming down Pitt street the woman, who was in the front half of the tram, suddenly left her seat and hurried towards the front platform,” said the conductor. “ She looked over the chain on the right hand side of the platform and stood for a moment on the step. She was immediately struck violently against the centre pole and knocked from the step on to the roadway.” Mrs Wheadon, who suffered grave injuries to the head, died in hospital. She is survived by her husband and two children. Her husband left home for a camj in the country this morning. The children, who are young* are being cared for by friends.