TWO MEN KILLED
MOTOR-CAR OUT OF CONTROL
STEERING GEAR BREAKS ON HILL Dominion Special. Dunedin, November 21. A serious motor accident, in which two men were killed, occurred last night about 16 miles from' Outram. A party of men consisting of Michael Black (a surfaceman in the employ of the Taieri County Council), James Harrison and Murdoch Graham (sheepfarmers of Hindon) was returning home from the Outram show. Heavy rain during the day had made the roads dangerously slippery, and when negotiating a steep descent the car suddenly got out of control and rushed over a bank, capsizing. Harrison was thrown clear, but Black and Graham were pinned beneath the car. Harrison was unable to lift the car and had to go a mile for aid. When the bodies were extricated both men were dead.
Black was 36 years old, married, and with a young family, and Graham an elderly man with a grown-up family. The car was owned and driven by Black. The cause of the mishap is stated to be a sudden breaking of a vital part of the steering gear.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 49, 22 November 1926, Page 8
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