Children killed
; (N.Z, Press Associations NEW PLYMOUTH, January 27. A second child has died [after an accident involving [nine people at Uruti on 'Thursday. She was Barbara Pearl Davies, aged | 12, of Dunedin. i Her younger brother, died [soon after admission to hospital on Thursday. He was Peter Davies, aged three. The six children involved in the accident were all from Victoria Road, Musselburgh, Dunedin. Their father, Edward Victor Davies, aged 41, is in a critical condition in Taranaki Hospital. The driver and sole occupant of the other car, Graham John Topless, aged 23, of Cook Street, New Plymouth, is also in a critical condition. The condition of Mrs Nyra Davies was described as fair and improving, and the condition of four of her children and foster-children, [Mark Davies, aged 12, John Davies, five, Rawinia Grace, [eight, and Erin James Grace, 'five was reported as satisfactory.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33444, 28 January 1974, Page 20
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146Children killed Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33444, 28 January 1974, Page 20
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