ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS
CAR CRASHES AFTER HOT CHASE. , A small car driven at speed along Queen’s Drive. Lyall Bay, Wellington,. ' v last night, .with a' police night; patrol car in hot pursuit, crashed into a telegraph'pole while attempting tonegotiate . a corner and was badly The car, which is believed to have been converted, hit the kerb approaching the corner aiid overturned ■ against, the pole, bringing down , the overhead wires. The; driver was extricated by cutting through the floor boards, , and was taken to hospital in an unconscious condition. - - -i i ~ CHILD BURNED. Burns to the .face and hands were received, by *Colin Williams, aged .14, when some petrol caught fire at his home, 59'Melville street yesterday. He was admitted to the Public Hospital. His condition is satisfactory. ■ •
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Evening Star, Issue 26154, 16 July 1947, Page 6
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