SIR GEORGE REID’S ACCIDENT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 11, 29 August 1911, Page 3

SIR GEORGE REID’S ACCIDENT.

Details of the accident to Sir George Reid, the High Commissioner for the Commonwealth, show that the occupants of the car had a marvellous escape from death. r l ho accident, like many others in England, was caused by a high hedge obstructing the view of the drivers of the cars. The scene of the accident was the intersection of two roads, and the cats were going in directions at right angles to one another. Sir George’s car, a heavy one, was proceeding at a moderate speed, hut the other is said to have been travelling at thirty | miles an hour. The second car struck | the first with such force that, al- ; though it was the lighter one, it drove j the other sideways .for a distance ol ’ twelve feet, and shattered it against | a tramway polo. The car was smashj cd to pieces, and the polo cracked in two places; but the polo was really a blessing in disguise, for it prevented the car turning over on top of the people in it. Sir George Reid behaved with characteristic cheerfulness. The collision injured his body, but ii did not impair his spirits. M hen he recovered from the stunning shock be refused to admit there was anything of consequence flic matter with him, but insisted on looking after his daughter. He took her to a nursing home, and having been assured that she was not seriously injured, hurried off to Lady Reid to give hei the first information about the accident. “And now,” he said, when his story had been told, “I think 1 had better have my right arm attended to. It’s getting- troublesome.” Lady Reid noticed that he was very pale, and guessed what, had happened, and soon Sir George Reid was back at the nursing home receiving medical at tontion. The forearm was broken in two places, and though the “Age’s” correspondent reports that the fracture was not serious, there is ai cable message this morning stating that an operation for the removal of part a hone has been necessary. A remarkable feature of tbc accident was that both drivers kept their seats and were not injured.