STREET ACCIDENT AT TIMARU.
TIMARU, 11th April. In order to avoid a collision with a gig at a street crossing in a quiet part of the town this afternoon, the owner and driver turned a big motor car too sharply round the corner with the result that one of the hind wheels collapsed, and the car tell on. its side, throwing out the driver and four or five young women passengers. The car nevertheless hit the gig behind, threw it forward, and capsized it. The driver of the car had his collarbone and one or more ribs broken. His sister and Miss K. Ardagh, daughter of the proprietor of the Commercial Hotel, both suffered severely from concussion and bruises. The other occupants of the car escaped with scratches and bruises. The man in the gig (Mr. P. Butler) struck the kerb with hi» head when he fell. He was cut about the face, and later showed symptoms of skull fracture.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 87, 12 April 1912, Page 3
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160STREET ACCIDENT AT TIMARU. Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 87, 12 April 1912, Page 3
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