ACCIDENTS.

Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13420, 18 March 1914, Page 1 (Supplement)

ACCIDENTS.

A serious accident befel a carpenter named George Chittenden on Monday afternoon. Ho was working with a. mate named John Downes at the residence of an Assyriani, near the railway station. Chittenden was carrying a brace anjd bit, when he slipped ana fell, and the bit penetrated one evf to a depth of about two inches. Yesterday the unfortunate man was taken to Wellington to consult an eye specialist. The injury, it is hoped—though grave* doubts are entertained—will not result in the total loss of the eye, because Chittenden is almost blind in the other optic. The accident is a calamity in another respect, the carpenter being n husband with four children. A nasty accident was sustained by Mr. Horace Skilton, of Rockville, Collingwood ; the other morning. While riding into the township his hors© stumbled badly, and threw ita rider, causing him to fall heavily on his j shoulder. Mr. Skiltotf was- brought to Takaka for medical attention, when it was found he had sustained a fractur■ed collar-bone, and a severe shaking, I which -"will necessitate a short spell [from work—"Times." A serious accident befel Mr Bo t wen at Messrs Heath Bros.' sawmill, Kaka, on Friday, our correspondent writes. Mr Bowen was carrying a crosscut saw. upon his shoulder through tho bush, when a tree fell, the small limbs of which struck Bowen, dashing Him to i the ground with much force. On being extricated it was found that he was terribly cut about the right shoulder by j the jagged teeth, of the saw. The sufferer was speedily conveyer] to the mill, where first aid was promptly rendered " by Mr H. Heath. What might easily have terminated in a fatal accident occurred at "the bluff," East Takaka road, on Saturday morning. A trap containing Mrs. J. and Miss Lindsay encountered a motor car driven by Mr T. Orgaa. The car was pulled up sharp, but tho horse backed the trap over the side of the bank, which is upwards of 50 to 100 feet deep. Mrs. Lindsay jumped out unhurt, but her sister-in-law stuck to the trap, which struck a stump and capsized, throwing the lady clear and undoubtedly saving her. hfe, she having a miraculous escape. The turn-out rolled over and over to the bottom of the gully, the trap being badly smashed,, but the horse escaped uninjured.—"Times."