ACCIDENTS & DEATHS.
TWO WOMEN DROWNED. CAR PLUNGES INTO RIVER. (Pot Press Association}. AUCKLAND, April 25. Two women were, drowned in the upper reaches.of the Mokau River, as the result, of a motor-car skidding and plunging from the.bridge at the junction of the Central 1 and Taranaki main highways. The victims were:
Mrs Charles Hyde, aged 72, of Te Kuitiv Mrs Coleridge Rait, aged 26, of Ohakune, grand-daughter of Mrs Hyde.
The car was being driven south by Mr Coleridge Rait, who, although suffering from shock, and exhaustion, reached the bank of the riyer after trying vainly to rescue his companions. In the fall from the bridge, the two women were evidently thrown into the tonneau and trapped.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 165, 26 April 1935, Page 5
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