Broken Bones at Raunds - A Chapter of Accidents
On Saturday night Arthur Bugby, of Nene Cottage, Raunds, broke both bones of one of his legs by accidentally tripping over a kerbstone. He was conveyed home on an ambulance, and Dr Mackenzie set his leg at his own home.

David Nash, while riding to Kettering on his cycle to look for work, had a bad fall through the skidding of his cycle, and broke his arm at the elbow joint. He returned, and Dr Mackenzie set it at home.

Alfred Sanders was cycling to see the football match at Huntingdon, on Saturday, when, on going round the turn of the road into Keyston, his machine skidded, and he fell with great force and broke his shoulder blade badly. With assistance he came home and had it set.

Raunds - Fatal AccidentRobert Munro, aged 51, farm labourer in the employ of the Co-operative Society, met with his death on Monday by falling from a load of straw. Mr J T Parker held an inquest on Wednesday.Fred Height, with whom deceased lodged, described him as a very quiet man.John Bottoms, shepherd in the employ of the Co-operative Society, said he was with Munro on Monday in the stackyard. He was on the straw stack, and Munro was loading it on to a float. There were two or three sacks of meal in the bottom of the float and about three bundles of loose straw on top. He gave the reins to Munro, who started off, and witness went round the other side of the stack. Directly afterwards he heard a groan, and saw that deceased had fallen off the float. He went and spoke to him, but deceased only shook his head. Witness wnet for assistance. The deceased was used to the work and the reins were not broken. He was in his usual health and perfectly sober.Dr McInnes stated that he saw deceased in the stackyard about 3p.m., when he was quite dead. There was a fracture and dislocation of the neck sufficient to cause death.Verdict, “Accidental death.”

Fatal AccidentOn Wednesday, at the new works of the Northampton Electric Light Co. Ltd., Hardingstone, a Raunds man, James Moules, at work on the roof as a tiler and slater, fell a distance of 45 feet and was badly injured. He was picked up in an unconscious condition, and conveyed to the hospital, where he died yesterday.

A Serious Accident occurred during a football match at Raunds on Saturday between Raunds Town and Irthlingborough Reserves. Becoming involved in a collision with another player, W Watford, of Stanwick, playing for Raunds, had his right leg fractured below the knee. Dr Lundie was on the ground and was able to render first aid, after which the player was taken to Northampton Hospital in the Rushden Motor Ambulance, which was in charge of Pte. Burgess. The match was a Wellingborough and District League fixture. This is the fourth player for Raunds in four years who has suffered a fractured leg. Mr Watford is reported to be progressing favourably.