HOLIDAY DISASTERS.
MOTOR-C-AR-AGCIDENT. TRAVELLING NINETY MILES AN HOUR. By Telcffraph—Press ifsociation-Oopyriirht (Rcc' April 18, 11.30 p.m.) London, April 18. Eastsr Monday proved a dry holiday. Thousands of people watched the aeroplanes at HendouL^nd , . elsewhere:;. ;;., In the presence of twenty thousand spectators at Brooklands, Mr. Wilkinson's motor-car was travelling at the rate of ninety miles an hour when tho clutch jammed. He wr.s unable to stop at the winning-post, and the car jumped a forty feet cutting into an iron paling. Mt. Wilkinson's condition is critical. THREE BOYS DROWNED. London, April 18. Three Newcastle boys at Witloy Bay were overtaken by the tide, and wcro drowned, in the presence of a great crowd. FATAL STREET ACCIDENT. London, April 18. A van dashed into a' party of holidaymakers in lligh Street, Havlesdon, killing two and injuring several.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1105, 19 April 1911, Page 5
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135HOLIDAY DISASTERS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1105, 19 April 1911, Page 5
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