BLIND MAN KILLED
KNOCKED DOWN BY MOTOR CAR COMPANION SLIGHTLY INJURED P.A. AUCKLAND, May 21. A blind man was killed instantly and another was injured when they were knocked down by a motor car in Carlton Gore road about 7.15 last night. The two blind men. who had been out for a walk, were on their way back to the Institute for the Blind when the accident occurred. The victims were:—
George Mackay Williamson, single, aged 38, formerly of Meridian street, Port Chalmers, killed. Wiri Bailey, concussion and friction burns to the legs; condition not serious.
Williamson had very little sight, while Bailey was totally blind. Both men worked in the Blind Institute workshops. They had been at work during the day and had been in for dinner. The matron said they were probably on their way back to the institute for the weekly dance when the accident happened. Neither the police hor the St. John Ambulance found any white walking sticks normally carried by blind persons at the scene of the accident. Williamson came to the institute about six weeks ago from Dunedin to learn a trade. Bailey had been living at the institute since he was a child. It was raining heavily at the time of the accident.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26778, 22 May 1948, Page 8
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