AH AUCKLAND STREET ACCIDENT

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 1 May 1913, Page 5

AH AUCKLAND STREET ACCIDENT

KNOCKED DOWN BY A CAB

AFFAIR A MYSTERY

'"'*. (Per Press Apsoointion.V '•- Auckland, April so. A casualty ens© wr.s admittod to the Auckland Hospital- last: night ': ■ which fi-cems to be surnoamded by a good deal of mystery,. Tho name of the victiir ;of the.-acident -is Goorge Dale, a married man employed «s a ccop?.r. Dale iiv-es at Ellorslio, and presumably oa-mo •to town last evomiiK'to see tlie,illu-i niinations; S6mewfeTe In tlio vicinity of .six o'clock he must liav.j b-een standing or. walking ,on, the tram linesi in Customs Street, for at 6.00 a. .cab drqvf up" to tho -hospital with Dale's rrnconsdqus form^^tfeide. the only explanation which the cab-driver could give being, that, tb? ivutM-iiger 3iad' 'bas-i? placed 'iv the cab by someone who said ho had been knocked'down by .a. tramcar.. The Samaritan pa ; id the cabman's fare anddirect&d him to take tho unconscious man to the- hosptial, where he. still lies in an unconscious condition. ; •■--..■

According to a bystander's story. Dale in some way got between .a tra.mcnr iand a motor oar, by one of which ha was knocked down, though neither 'driver seemed to notice the • accident, ,t>oth vehicles continuing on -their course. There we.ro a goc-d.' lmany people (about at the time, but no one apparently thought iof notifying a policeman or of sacking medical aid. The general opinion of those who saw the roan Iving in tho roadway .appeared to be thnt ho wa.s doad. Ho w-as picked lip for doad, d cab hurriedly suininonG-d." and " the unfortunate man placed inside, the driver being instructed by one whey 'wid paid the fare' to s?t ofF in aJI hiiste foi- the hospital." This ■ instrii-ction the cabby .c?xiv©d: out, the hospital.author-' .'iti-es reporting tba.t<pn unco.nacious man w.n« received at $30 buffering, from concussion- of th.Q b.vain.

Up tin this afternoon neither trainwp.v .'luinofCic.o nor the pi/nee had ro-r-eiyed nny ■ notification of the <lent. The hospital authorities vvvc infoiimed that -the man_ wa-s.Jvnockc.'l ddw.n By a car. and their inquiries wejit no further. ;-../r •-.,.-•■•: -::

It is. understood that. Dale's hurt i<= confined to concussion, and though still uncenspious, no serious fears are entertaineil fegardinp: his recovery.- ■