MOTORIST DROWNS
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) SYDNEY. Mar. 29. A 70-y ear-old motorist was drowned when fastflowing water swept him away on the flooded Pacific highway, at Johns River, on the north coast, last night. His two sons, helpless to save him. elung desperately to a fence beside the road at a spot 25 miles from Taree. 235 miles north of Sydney, for an hour
The body of the man. Robert Hugh Kidd, well-known in Johns River, was found a quarter of a mile away by searchers early today His sons. Glen, aged «4. and Hugh aged 42. were rescued by their brother-in-law about midnight.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30094, 30 March 1963, Page 11
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