CAR AND TRAM.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16993, 26 March 1926, Page 8

CAR AND TRAM.

VIOLENT COLLISION,

ONE MAN DEAD: TWO INJURED

(Per Press Association.)

AUCKLAND, lust nigh!

A shocking accident occurred at tho corner of Anzac Avenue and Beach Rond at 0 o'clock to-night, resulting in the death of one occupant of a motor ear which came into violent collision avi I h a train car.

The car was being driven down Anzac Avenue and crossed Iwo sots of tram rails on Beach Road.

After crossing the rails, the car apparently swerved back oil to the rails, a collision then occuring with great violence. The force of the impact wrecked the car. -while the front of the platform of the tram was somewhat damaged, It was at once seen that, three of the occupants of the motor car .wore injured, two very seriously. They were hurried to the hospital, where Frank Wilson, of Hamilton, died shortly after admission from grave head injuries.

A. J. Dickenson, of Waimii House, iSymonds Street, sustained very serious head injuries and is still unconscious. Leonard Jackson, of Hamilton, also received head injuries, but his eaudit ion is not considered serious. The occupants of the ear were returning from a howling match. It is not known who was driving the motor at the time of the accident. condition' OF THE INJURED. THE LATE MR. WILSON. (Per Preps Association.) AUCKLAND, this’ day. The. victims of the Anzac Avenue accident were vet urn ing from a howling tournament, match between retail and 'wholesale drapers firms of the province r held on tho Auckland Club’s green. I Dickinson is still unconscious this morning. Jackson is progressing well, i Wilson, who was killed, was a wellknown resident of Hamilton. He was aged 54 years and was a son of the late j Mr. Adam Wilson, of the firm of Wil- ; son, Williams, and McCullagli, drapers, .of Auckland. In the early days ho was a prominent athlete and attained some 1 success as a runner. Later he was coni ne.cted with the firm of Adair and Co., Napier. He entered info business as a mercer at Hamilton 20 years ago. The late Mr. Wilson frequently represented the Hamilton Bowling Club at provincial and .Dominion tournaments. He leaves •a wiefow and three children, the.eldest being 19 years of age and the youngest 15 years.