CAR CRASHES INTO SHOP

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20511, 1 September 1936, Page 11

CAR CRASHES INTO SHOP

MUCH DAMAGE DONE By Telegraph—ess Association CHRISTCHURCH, August 31. Colliding with another car on the corner of Colombo and Cashel streets in the early hours of yesterday morning, a light sports tourer mounted the pavement and crashed into the main show window of Beath and Company, Ltd., coming to rest among draper’s models, expensive frocks, and handbags. The driver, Patrick John Flood, a motor salesman, of Idris road, and a woman passenger escaped without serious injury; but the damage to the plate-glass window and the goods displayed has been estimated at £3OO. Flood was driving east along Cashel street just after 1 a.m., and on the intersection of Colombo street his car collided with another light car travelling south, and driven by Allan William Barrowman, a cabinetmaker, of 262 Colombo street. Flood’s car headed towards Death’s, climbed over the tiling a foot high along the bottom of the main window on the corner and came to rest with three-quarters of its length Inside.

A constable nearby hurried to the scene and found Fool and his passenger imprisoned in the car. The doors were jammed, and they were unable to let themselves out. The engine was still running as the constable came to their assistance.

Two valuable models, dressed in expensive frocks, were knocked over, and one was lying on the floor with the head broken off. Flood and his passenger were badly shaken. Flood, suffering a gash above one eye, had to be treated at the Public Hospital. Barrowman’s car was turned completely round. Barrowman was unhurt, and his eftr was little damaged. Two of the windows of the shop were shattered, and the cost of replacement is estimated at £lOO. The broken model was valued at more than £5O, and the stock at least another £l5O. Insurances coyer the loss on the windows only. One side of Flood’s car was badly crushed. The vehicle remained inside the window for some time before it could be removed. Standing on a valuable carpet, with the models overbalanced nearby, it presented a strange sight to passers-by for some hours. After its removal a heavy canvas sheet was hung over the window in place of the glass. It was originally Intended to exhibit a model of a ship, worth between £3OOO and £5OOO, in the main window, and only the difficulty of getting it in was responsible for its absence at the time of the accident.