Injured Motor-Cyclist Dies In Hospital
(New Zealand Press Association) INVERCARGILL’ Dec. 1. A Bluff fisherman died in Kew Hospital as a result of injuries received in an accident at Bluff on November 12. He was: Russell Ward, aged 18. Mr Ward was admitted with severe head injuries and did not regain consciousness during the time he was in hospital. His motor-cycle was involved in a collision with a light motor-van driven by Colin Fleet, also of Bluff,
Accident Victim’s BodyRecovered
(New Zealand Press Association) WANGANUI, December 1. The body of Mr C. Robinson, a 23-year-old farmhand, of Mangamahu, was' recovered from the Whangaehu river yesterday four or five miles downstream from the point where his car was found last Saturday after it had dropped 50 feet from the roadway, half a mile from the . Mangamahu Hotel. Floodwater in the river has hampered the search, but a resident informed the police this morning that he thought he had seen a body. It was recovered shortly afterwards by Constable R. Knoffiock.
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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28450, 3 December 1957, Page 11
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