FATAL ACCIDENTS.
(By Telegraph—Tress Association.) A FARMER KILLED. INVERCARGILL, Monday. Ralph Ste. Sanson Mossan, a farmer, of | Tussock Creek, was found dead on the' road not iar from the Creek post oflico. | His horse was near by. The circum- j stances point to the fact that the horse | stumbled, and Mossau's neck was broken by the fall. MAJOR SWEETZER'S DEATH. WELLINGTON, Monday. An inquest concerning the death of Lieut.-t'olonel 1). F. Sweetzer, who was killed in a motor accident near I'ahau- j ; tanui on Friday, was held to-day. j i It was stated that the deceased had j not taken the road usually used by I motorists, and must have taken the' wrong turning, as that morning he had inquired the way from Pahautanui to j Belmont. The actual cause of the acci-. dent, however, is believed to have been a I rubber buffer that had worked loose and ',
had fallen l>etween the spring and the steering-rod.
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 196, 19 August 1919, Page 9
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