MAN AND WIFE KILLED

Evening Star, Issue 20317, 28 October 1929, Page 11

MAN AND WIFE KILLED

THREE OTHERS INJURED MOTOR CRASHES INTO GULLY (Per BHiran WET, 1 ,N, October 28. A man and his wife were killed and three other persons injured when a motor car in which tnoy were proceeding up Whiteman’s Valley road went over a bank and crashed down a steep hillside into the gully below at about 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon. The victims were Edward James Elton, a plumber, and his wife, Margaret Craig Elton, who were killed; and Leonard Frank Barton, a traveller, Alexa Margaret Barton (married), and Lcxy Elton, aged five years. Mrs Elton was Mr and Mrs Barton’s daughter. The accident occurred at a sharp bond at the summit of Whiteman’s Valley road, about five miles from Silverstream. Barton was at the wheel, and the car wont over ’ho bank when about to pass another car coming round the bend from the opposite direction. Mr and Mrs Barton and the child were thrown out about halfway down the hill, the two deceased being thrown clear about 50ft further on. Elton was killed outright from head injuries and shock, while his wife died twenty minutes after the accident from fracture ol the spine and head injuries. Lacerated wounds were suffered by Barton, while Mrs Barton escaped with a fractured ankle. .. The little girl, Lexy, received medical attention, and later was sent to hospital.