TARANAKI’S LIST.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 954, 26 December 1933, Page 10

TARANAKI’S LIST.

Many Motor Accidents Occur Over Week-end. Per Press AssoclatlonNEW PLYMOUTH, December 25. With roads alive with tourist holiday traffic over a dozen motor accidents occurred in Taranaki at the week-end. One was fatal and several other involved seriou-s injuries. A car failed to negotiate the railway overhead bridge near Lepperton junction and crashed through a railing and fell thirty feet to the railway. Patrick Newton, aged twenty-four, a lorr3' driver, of Waikanae, near Otaki, was pinned under the wreckage and so seriously injured that he died on Saturday evening shortly after his admission to hospital. The driver of the car, the only other occupant, James Baxter, sawmiller, Waikanae, suffered abrasions and shock. His condition is satisfactory. G. Simmons and his sister, of Cape Egmont lighthouse, a motor cyclist and pillion rider, on Saturday collided with a lorr3’. Simmonds suffered a fractured skull and broken right arm and is in hospital in a serious condition. This evening his condition was unchanged. His sister received an injury to the right arm but her condition is satisfactory. Benjamin Orr, of Otorohanga, when at Awakino suffered a double misfortune. The tyre of his motor-cycle llurst and he was thrown to the road. Dazed by the fall he staggered to his feet and was struck by a passing car and suffered a fracture of the right knee and injur>' to the right shoulder. An aged woman, Mrs Crockett, was knocked down by a car in a New Plymouth street, but not seriously injured She was taken home after treatment. Several other accidents involved slight personal injuries. Collapse at Graveside. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, December 25. The sudden and tragic death at the graveside of her daughter followed the collapse of a middle-aged woman, Mrs Annie Miller, at Hillsborough Cemetery this afternoon. Mrs Miller lived at Arcadia Road, Epsom. Deceased’s husband said to-night that he and deceased visited the grave of their daughter, Mrs G. O. Blott, on Sunday afternoon. Mrs Blott died nearly two >'ears ago and her death had affected Mrs Miller greatlv'. Another visit to the cemetery was made to-da3' by Mrs Miller. Although she had been in indifferent health for some time past Mrs Miller appeared brighter recentl>* and had planned to go to the races to-morrow. She had been receiving medical attention for some time. Child Drowned in Surf. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, December 25. While paddling on Kawatiri Beach. Raumati, about three miles north of Paekakariki on Saturday afternoon, Brian Monkman, eight 3'ears of age, son of Mr Leonard Monkman, Wellington manager of the \ orkshire Insurance Compan3 r , was swept off his feet by the heavy surf and drowned. The boy was paddling with Rae Turner, aged eleven, daughter of Mr and Mrs C. G. Turner. Wellington, when an unusually large wave swept them off their feet. Willing helpers rushed to their aid and the girl was brought ashore in an exhausted condition. The bov’ was swept twenty-five 3'ards down the beach before his mother who went to his rescue could secure him. Artificial respiration was applied without success. The funeral was held to-day.