TWO MEN KILLED

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 237, 20 July 1936, Page 6

TWO MEN KILLED

TWO OTHERS RECEIVE INJURIES.

BURSTING TYRE CAPSIZES CAR.

accident in the north

(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, July 19. . Two men were killed and two injured in a motor accident which occurred on the Main South road about a mile north of Ohinewai at 11 p.m. yesterday. The victims were: Killed. Mr George Blank, aged 46, a labourer, of Papakura. Mr Edgar Neville Moxsom, aged 32, a labourer, married, of Ponsonby. Injured. Mr Keith Robert Bremner, aged 45, a lorry driver, ii widower, of Drury, severe concussion and bruises; condition, fairly serious. Mr Hugh Prince, aged 50, labourer, a widower of Te Kawa; cut hand and shock ; condition not serious. The four men, who were employed by W. S. Goosemen and Company, road contractors, at Te Kawa, near Te Awamutu, were travelling in a threeseater roadster, which was being driven to Auckland by Bremner. They were all in one seat. Mr Prince was sitting on Mr Moxom’s knee. Heavy rain was falling at the time, and as the car approached a bend in the road the left-hand front tyre blew out. The vehicle left the roadway and •proceeded for 150 feet along the side of the road and fell into a depression 4 feet deep. It turned completely round and capsized. All the occupants were pinned under the car, but Mr Prince managed to work himself free and call for help. Messrs Blank- and Moxtam had their necks broken and died simultaneously. Passing motorists heard Mr Prince’s cries and the car was righted and the occupants extricated. Dr. Jameson, of Huntly, and the police, were called and the bodies were removed to Huntly. Mr Bremner was taken in an ambulance to the Waikato Hospital, hut Mr Prince did not require hospital treatment.