Three Killed When Bridge Collapses
(New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, July 20. A farmer, Ills wife and younger brother were killed about 3.30 p.m. today at Otangaroa when a farm bridge collapsed under the tractor they were all riding on. They were: Noel George Johanson, aged 27, a farmer of Otangaroa. Airs Elva Gertrude Johanson, aged 24. Brian Michael Johanson, aged 18. The tractor overturned into a drain, pinning them underneath. The father of the brothers was the first on the scene, and he called relatives and neighbours to help lift the tractor.
Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation was applied; but none responded.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30498, 21 July 1964, Page 1
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