ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21983, 19 June 1933, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

LORRY COLLIDES WITH TRAM (Peb United Press Association,! CHRISTCHURCH, June 17. With a resounding crash a motor truck loaded with logs collided with a tram and two trailers at the corner of Wilson's and Ferry, roads this morning. The front of the tram was smashed in, the motorman, R. M. Moore, who was severely cut, was sent to hospital. The truck was practically undamaged. The tram was returning from Sumner, and fortunately was without passengers. The . condition of the motorman is satisfactory. ' WATERSIDE WORKER'S DEATH DREGS FROM RUM CASK. A verdict that death had occurred as a result of acute alcoholic poisoning, due to his having drunk the dregs of rum casks which were being shipped to England by the naval authorities, Auckland, was returned at Timaru on Friday by ' the coroner, Mr A.. L. Gee, at the adi"ourned inquest into the death of John 'atrick Lane, aged 31, single, a waterside worker, which occurred on May 8, after drinking from rum casks on the motor vessel Taranaki; at Timaru. Mr Gee added that he proposed to draw the attention of the naval authorities to the circumstances in order to prevent such a happening in the future, FOOTBALLER INJURED A young man named Lindsay Lumsden, aged 20 years, single, residing at 161 Main South road, was admitted to the Hospital at 5 p.m. on Saturday suffering from head injuries* and concussion, received while playing in the Second Grade Rugbv football match between Pirates B and Southern at Logan Park.;-

One of the latest devices to foil the car thief in Britain is the invention of ex-Chief Constable Wensley, who retired from Scotland Yard a year or two ago. When a driver leaves his car he draws a mtetal shutter across the top of the windscreen. This shutter bears, in larg* letters, the word "Parked." It cannot be pushed back until it is unlocked on the driver's return, and . "removing it would require tools. Should the car thief try to get rid of it in this way, he would be sure to attract attention. Should he drive off with the " Parked" shutter in position, he would announce to all the world that the car was stolen. The idea seems more practical than that recently in Prague with the same object in view. This device fires five blank cartridges if anyone tries to move the car, and follows up with five of the ball variety if the thief persists. It sounds sufficient to warn off any robber, but the consequences to innocent passersby in the line of fire might be disastrous^