15 OCTOBER 1904, Page 3

We regret to record that on Thursday evening the Duke

of Connaught met with a somewhat grave motor-car accident while driving in the outskirts of Edinburgh, his motor-car dashing into a heavily laden cart. The Duke, who was thrown out of the car on to the road, and was for a time rendered in- sensible, is, however, we are glad to say, in no danger. Indeed, except for a scalp wound and a torn ear, he escaped without serious injury. The Duke of Connaught is deservedly popu- lar, and his escape from what might so easily have proved a fatal accident is the subject of universal congratulation.

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