ACCIDENTS

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23315, 29 April 1941, Page 10

ACCIDENTS

♦ WOMAN KILLED (PA) WAIHI, April 28. Annie Ryan, a single woman, aged 38, of Waihou, lost her life when the motorcar which she was driving towards Waihi struck a bank on the road b - tween Waikino and Waihi and plunged 25 feet into the Ohinemun river late yesterday afternoon. Miss Ryan was accompanied by Mr Thomas John Mannix, a also of Waihou, who managed to burst open a door and escape. He made desperate efforts to release Miss Ryan, who had apparently been- thrown forward between the steering wheel and the door, but without success. . Whether death was due to injuries or to drowning will not be known until a post-mortem examination is h< Both Miss Ryan’s parents are dead. A sister, Mrs Alexander Graham, resides at Maramarua. a. TWO MEN THROWN OFF MOTOR-CYCLE When the rear tyre of the motorcycle they were riding burst on Marshland road yesterday morning, Dudley McArthur, of Bealey street and Charles Allen, of 193 Hills road were thrown off and injured. McArthur, who suffered severe head injuries, was admitted to the Christchurch Public Hospital. Allen was treated at tne out-patients’ department of the hospital for cuts on his face.