TANGI TRAGEDY
LORRY PLUNGES OYER BANK 18 MAORIS PISHED UNDERNEATH ONE DEAD AND MANY INJURED [Per United Press Association.] ROTORUA, January 27. At 2.30 a.m. to-day a combination lorry used for mails and passengers, driven by Hughie M'Pherson, and conveying eighteen natives who were returning to Ruatahuna from a tangi at Tewhaiti, went over a bank, 300yds from Tewhaiti. It is assumed that the steering gear failed. The car plunged through the ti-tree into the river, where it overturned, pinning the occupants underneath. Aid was immediately forthcoming, and the victims were extricated and carried to the meeting house. One was found to be dead, and all the others are injured, some "very seriously. The driver sustained a scalp wound, but was able to render aid. Doctors were immediately called up from Rotorua, and are proceeding to the scene. Details and the names of the injured are not available at present.
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Evening Star, Issue 19775, 27 January 1928, Page 4
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150TANGI TRAGEDY Evening Star, Issue 19775, 27 January 1928, Page 4
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