TARANAKI FATALITIES.
TWO MEN KILLED. FALLS FROM MOTOR CYCLES. ißy Telegraph. — !><"=. Association. 1 NEW PLYMOUTH. Sunday. Two fatal accidents marred the weekend in North Taranaki. At New Plymouth. Severeni Olaf Wiihelm Olsen. a harbour board launchman, who was riding a motor cycle, crashed into a tram car. His rigiit leg was hrokon and he sustained concussion. He died four hours later in the hospital without regaining consciousness. Deceased, who was 20 years of age. was a. Dane and had no relatives in New Zealand. At Oaonui. Henry Coombe-*. ago J 10 years, a farm labourer, of Raiiotu. who was on a motor cycle, struck a bridge situated at a sharp bend iv the road and broke his neck.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 157, 5 July 1926, Page 5
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