MAN AND BOY DEAD

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 165, 10 April 1944, Page 4

MAN AND BOY DEAD

Crossing Smash Near Oamaru PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER A VICTIM (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, April 9. One person was killed almost instantly, and another, a boy, received fatal injuries, when a north-bound express on Saturday afternoon crashed into a car on the crossing at Herbert. The victims were:— Rev. Wilfrid Lawson Marsh, aged 62, of Columba Presbyterian Church, Oamaru. David Allan Cairns, aged 10, sou of Mrs. D. Cairns, Lune Street, Oamaru. The ear, which was driven by Mr. Alarsh, was badly smashed. The express took the body of Air. Marsh and the boy to Oamaru, where the boy was taken to Oamaru Hospital, dying at 4 o’clock. Air. Marsh, who was born in England, served in the lust war as a chaplain, and came to New Zealand in 192i7 to Devonport, Auckland, receiving a eall to Oamaru in 1935. He was an outstanding personality in the Presbyterinn Church, being immediate past moderator of ihe Oamaru Presbytery. He is survived by his wife, one sou, Dr. Howard Alarsh, now a squadron leader in the Pacific, and one daughter.

CARS COLLIDE AT RICHMOND One Person Killed, Four In Hospital

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NEIUSON, April 9. A collision between two ears at Richmond, eight miles from Nelson, this afternoon resulted in one passenger being killed and four others admitted to Nelson Hospital, two in a serious condition. The victims were:— DEAD. Miss Averil Annette Tanner, aged 24, of Richmond, school teacher, killed instantaneously. INJURE©. ’ Airs. Eva Tanner, wife of Air. Albert William Tanner, Richmond, condition serious. Airs. Clarice Karina Gilbert, wife of Air. Albert Gilbert, Stoke, condition serious. Air. Edward Samuel William Parsons, Karori, Wellington. Airs. Florence Parsons, his wife, nature of injuries not ascertainable. Air. and Airs. Parsons, who were on holiday, were in Airs. Tanner's car when a collision occurred with a car driven by Air. Albert Gilbert. Airs. Tanner’s car. oveturned on to the flood in a ditch. AA’hen air force trainees extricated the passengers it was found that Aliss Tanner was dead. CREAM LORRY LEAVES ROAD Three Occupants Injured (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) PAHIATUA, April 9. Three occupants of a cream lorry were badly injured on Saturday morning when it left the road at Ngapuri, near Pahiatua, and somersaulted three times, coming to rest some 40 feet below. They were: — John Tait, aged 40, driver of the truck, thigh broken in two places, cuts to head, face, arm and legs. Brian Tait, his four-year-old son, broken thigh and cuts. Selwyn Brent, aged 17, deep contusion on thigh and cuts on face. The truck was collecting cream cans for the Konini dairy factory. The cans were thrown in all directions and over 10601 b. of cream was lost. The injured were taken to Pahiatua Hospital, and Air. Tait, who was pinned under the lorry hood, and his son were later removed to Alasterton Hospital. Ngapuri settlers worked under extreme difficulties for well over an hour to release Air. Tait.