OVER A BANK
CAR DRIVER'S DEATH.
y (IT TBLIORAPH.—PRES9 ASSOCIATION.)
NEW PLYMOUTH, This Day. «. A serious accident occurred on the* Awakino Valley road yesterday, about three.miles south of Mahoenui, when a motor-car went over a bank and fell about forty feet to the water's edge. The driver, Mr. W. E. J. Canon, \vas thrown into deep water, and sustained serious concussion. He was rescued by the ladies of the party, and brought to the New Plymouth "Hospital in a critical condition. The other occupants —four ladies and two children—escaped pr^Mcally unhurt. . .-. Canon died in the hospital later. II<! \vu3 a farmer at.Mimi, and had just returned trow a tuotoriug tour.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 20, 24 January 1924, Page 6
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110OVER A BANK Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 20, 24 January 1924, Page 6
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