CAR FALLS 260 FT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19826, 31 December 1938, Page 5

CAR FALLS 260 FT.

FIVE OCCUPANTS INJURED PARAPARA ROAD MISHAP (Per PreßS Association.) WANGANUI, this day. The first aid equipment housed in Kakatahi School, a small country institution on the Parapara road, was made good use of when a car plunged 260 ft. down Hirotis Bluff, and- the five occupancts were injured:—Mr. Ben Cadby, Miss Ann Cadby, Mrs. A. Svenson and Miss Margaret Campbell, all of Tangataua, and Mr. William Thompson, Pokaka. •• -

Mr. Thomson was severely cut about the neck, and Mr. Cadby was also bleeding profusely. Mr. E. N. Meredith, manager of Whiteman's station, and the Baddeley brothers, Kakatahi. arrived on the scene and after obtaining first aid material from the school, Mr. Meredith applied his expert first aid knowledge to good purpose, evidently saving the life of Mr. Thomson, who was suffering from a great loss of blood-

All five occupants were admitted tr hospital, the others with abrasions and shock, and are progressing favourably

The accident was witnessed by the occupants of a passing car who, after calling help and rendering assistance, went on. Inquiries are being made tc ascertain the names of the occupants of that car.