SMALL BOY KILLED
KNOCKED DOWN BY GAB A sad fatality occurred at Burnside about 10 o’clock this morning, Charles Ritchie, aged twelve years, . being knocked down by a motor car and killed instantly. The boy, who resided with his mother, a widow, at Burnside, came out from behind a motor lorry, which was going in the direction of Green Island, so suddenly that a motor car, driven by Miss M. M. Glover, proceeding towards town, had no opportunity, of avoiding him. He was knocked down and killed instantly. Dr Edie, of Green Island, was quickly summoned, but could only pronounce life extinct. An inquest will be held.
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Evening Star, Issue 21637, 5 February 1934, Page 8
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107SMALL BOY KILLED Evening Star, Issue 21637, 5 February 1934, Page 8
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