CAR OVER BANK.
PASSENGER DROWNED. SKID OX FROZEN SNOW. . I (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WANGANUI, Sunday. When a three-seater motor car skidded on frozen snow and went over a bank into a creek near Taihape this afternoon, Mr. John Persson, a contractor, of Manga weka, was drowned. The car was driven by Mr. Persson's brother, Mr. J. A. Persson, whose wife was also in the car. Both escaped injury. Mr. John Persson was pinned under the car and was dead when extricated. He was a married man with four children.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 133, 7 June 1937, Page 9
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89CAR OVER BANK. Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 133, 7 June 1937, Page 9
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