Henry Kenneth Anderton, (1909-17/10/1930). "with his fiancee"

The engagement is announced of Hazel Yeuleen, youngest daughter of the late Mr J. E. Smith and Mrs Smith, Geraldine, to Henry Kenneth, only son of Mr and Mrs H. Anderton, Chalmers Avenue, Ashburton.  -Timaru Herald, 27/5/1930.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES & DEATHS. 

DEATHS .

ANDERTON. — On October 17, 1930, at Timaru, Henry Kenneth, dearly beloved son of Henry and Agnes Anderton, of East Belt, Ashburton; aged 21 years. Private interment. Result of accident.  -Ashburton Guardian, 18/10/1930.

MOTOR SMASH AT WINCHESTER. 

MOTOR CYCLE AND CAR COLLIDE. 

Henry Kenneth Anderton, 21 years of age, of Geraldine, was killed when his motor cycle collided with a car driven by John Connolly, of Seadown, at Langford’s corner, Winchester, shortly after seven o’clock last evening. The car-driver was uninjured, but a girl, Miss Hazel Smith, of Geraldine, who rode pillion on the bike, suffered from shock. She was otherwise unhurt.

Miss Smith, who suffered from shock, was taken into Mr Langford’s house, and then removed by car to Geraldine. The car had the left-hand running-board torn off, the side curtain on that side ripped, and the windscreen broken; but Mr Connolly was later able to return home in it. The motor cycle was not extensively damaged. The front wheel was bent out of plumb, and the lamp bent down; but there was no further damage that could be seen in the dim light. Anderton, whose parents reside in Ashburton, was employed in the Bank of New South Wales, Geraldine, and is said to have been going to Timaru with his fiancee, as was their custom on Friday nights. The inquest is to be held at 10 o’clock this morning, in Timaru. The corner where the accident occurred is a particularly bad one, and requires all the vigilance a motorist can exercise.

Anderton, who was traveling south, appears to have approached the corner wide out on his right side of the road. The car, which was going to Orari, was on its correct side, and travelling quite slowly. 

It appears that Connolly saw Anderton, and sheered off to let him cut-in and pass behind the car. However, Anderton evidently did not see the move till it was too late, and he crashed into the car broadside-on, tearing off the running-board, and throwing himself heavily. The car went on for a few yards, and then half-turned. 

Dr. Scannell, of Temuka, was telephoned for, and was quickly on the scene. He saw the man was badly injured in the head, and at once dispatched him to Timaru Hospital, by Lister's service car, where he died, from a fracture of the skull, shortly after admission. Connolly, the driver of the car, as before mentioned, was uninjured.  -Temuka Leader, 18/10/1930.

INQUEST INTO DEATH OF MOTOR CYCLIST.

ADJOURNED TO TEMUKA. 

The enquiry into the death of Henry Kenneth Anderton, who was killed in the motor crash at Winchester on Friday night, was opened before the District Coroner (Mr H. Orr-Walker, S.M.), at the Timaru Courthouse, on Saturday morning. After evidence of identification had been given by Ernest Kirkman Watt, draper, of Timaru, who said that Anderton was in good health on the last occasion on which he had seen him, and that deceased’s eyesight and hearing were good, the enquiry was adjourned to Temuka, sine die.  -Temuka Leader, 21/10/1930.

Ashburton Cemetery.