FATALITY AT NEWBURY

Feilding Star, Volume 10, Issue 3996, 10 April 1933, Page 6

FATALITY AT NEWBURY

YOUNG MAN KNOCKED OFF BICYCLE SATURDAY NIGHT ACCIDENT A distressing accident occurred near Newbury on Saturday evening, resulting in the death of a 20-year-old farm hand named John Patrick O Farie.l, who resided with his parent* at Kauwhata. The young man was riding into town on a bicycle and was overtaken i.ear Mr Shannon's residence by a car driven by Air Samuel John Sul- 4 livan, of Wanganui. The bicycle was struck by the left mudguard and the lad thrown on to his head. He sustained concussion and was removed to the Palmerston Hospital where he died at 10.30. three hours later. Air Sullivan was bringing a party of Wanganui footballers, who had placed that afternoon at Feilding, into the city. The bicycle was badly Owing to the sad fatality, the euchre and dance which was to hare been held l,v the Awahur. A\ omen s Institute on' Tuesday evening has been postponed until Wednesday, April 19.