Three Accidents Occur During The Week-end; Many Narrow Escapes.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18888, 14 October 1929, Page 1

Three Accidents Occur During The Week-end; Many Narrow Escapes.

MOTOR-CAR AND TRAM COLLIDE; MOTOR-CYCLIST SEVERELY INJURED. THREE MOTOR ACCIDENTS, in which the people concerned had narrow escapes from serious injury, occurred during the week-end. Two men were admitted to hospital, but both are reported to be progressing satisfactorily. The names of the injured are:— Lionel Williams, 23 years of age, of 18, Quinn’s Road, Shirley, head injuries and shock. William Dick, Waipara, compound fracture of the right leg and facial injuries.

CRASH NEAR AMBERLEY.

William Dick, employed by Mr A. S. George, of Waipara, received a compound fracture of his right leg and facial injuries when the motor-cycle he was riding crashed into a motor-car on the Main North Road two miles out of Amberley at 9.20 last evening. Dick, while riding his motor-cycle towards the city, struck the right mud guard of the car, which was going towards Culverden. The vehicles must have met with considerable force, as one of those who arrived shortly after the smash states that the motor-car went through a fence and was nearly on the railway line. The motor-cycle was forty-five feet away from the car and the rider was lying fifteen feet away from the cycle. The motor-cycle was badly crumpled up, but the car escaped with a twisted mudguard. Mr Dick was attended to by Dr T. T. Thompson, of Amberley, and was later brought to the Christchurch Hospital. His condition is reported as satisfactory. SEDAN CAR BADLY DAMAGED FOLLOWING SKID INTO DITCH. Late on Saturday afternoon, a Chrysler sedan car, driven by Mr P. C. K. Thompson, and carrying three passengers, Messrs J. Gasson, V. Burrows, and W. Guy, all of Christchurch, got out of control when proceeding to Christchurch along the Tuahiwi Road, at Church Bush, Kaiapoi. After skidding on the shingle on the road, the car swerve*! into a ditch on the right-hand side and turned over on its side. The occupants fortunately escaped with minor injuries, and after, attention by Dr M. Ramsay, were able to return to Christchurch.

The car was badly wrecked, the body being practically beyond repair.

DIRT-TRACK RIDER INJURED IN SPILL.

R. Lovegrove, a prominent Christchurch motor-cycle enthusiast, broke his collar-bone as the result of a spill while taking part in the dirt-track racing at English Park on Saturday night. Lovegrove was going very fast when the accident occurred. The spill took place going out of the home straight the second time round. He was one of the finalists for the second race and was being closely followed by E. Marsh. [!itniii!mm!imHniii!i!iiiiiiuiii!iiiii!iinnmnnumii!niT!iii!imiiiiimmi!im!ii?F

Lovegrove came down while in the midst of a fine broadside. Lovegrove came off and landed heavily on his shoulder, fracturing the collar-bone Marsh also came off a short distance behind him, though his accident was not in any way due to Lovegrove. A. Brown, the scratch man, had a spill on the corner at the other end of the straight. Neither of the other riders was injured. CAR AND TRAM COLLIDE. A motor-car was badly smashed and its driver, Lionel Williams, aged twentythree years, residing at 18, Quinn’s Road, Shirley, received severe head injuries when it collided head on with a tramcar shortly before seven o’clock on Saturday evening. Williams was taken to the hospital in an unconscious condition, but he recovered later, and is reported to be progressing satisfactorily. Williams was driving his car along Worcester Street towards the city and met the tram outward bound just past the Stanmore Road crossing. The car a Rugby five-seater tourer, struck the right step of the tram and slewed round, three of its wheels being wrenched off. The bonnet was pushed in, and the car finished a complete wreck. Williams was thrown forward and struck his head, being rendered unconscious. The only damage to the tram was to the step, which was torn off. It was able to complete its journey.

SEVEN IN HOSPITAL AS RESULT OF ROAD ACCIDENTS. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, October 14. A. Frost was admitted to the hospital on Saturday suffering from concussion of the brain, injuries to his shoulder and wounds in the face through being knocked down by a motor lorry at Lambton station. S. Marchmont, a printer, and a pillion rider. Miss L. Payne, were admitted to the hospital yesterdays both suffering from contused wounds on the forehead resulting from a fall from a motor-cycle. Jack Lewis, a carpenter, of Lower Hutt, was injured following a collision in the Ngahaurange Gorge between a car and his motor-cycle. A. Willcott is in the hospital with injuries to his skull, the result of a fall from a motor lorry on Saturday. A. Lusk and W. Jefferies were admitted to the hospital on Saturday following a collision between their motorcycle and a lorry in Adelaide Road.