SHOCKING MISHAP

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11404, 3 January 1931, Page 5

SHOCKING MISHAP

’ — V ■ ’jg. v « ;£v • ; ■■% ■>, " ■"> V' : : F ,• .. CAR GOES OVER. BANK AT DEVIL’S ELBOW : ’ j. i, < ».? i • ,• DROP OE 250 FEET A TWO BROTHERS KILLED v'../Press;, ?'< 'V . * ; NAPIER, Jan. £. Two meh believed to ibe 1 brothers named Osborne, of T Palmerston North, were killed (when . their car fell:;250 feet* from the Napiqr-Wairoa road at the'Devil’s'Elbow. ■■■>■■■ ; The eacr''was;:coming from Wairoa on the wrong side of the road- and it mst a service car going down in the opposite direction.

The Osboitries’ car swerved sharply to gain the correct side of. t-hq road and just grazed the. service car-and went overi the! side of the road down the very steep bank.

The bodies were brought into Napier late to-night.

MORE DETAILS; OF THE MISHAP

(Special To ; The .Times)., NAPIER, Jan. 2

In connection , with ' "the motor fatalities on : Devil’s'?Elbow It' "appears that the brothers Osborne were in . a closed in car en route towards Napier. At about 7.15 p.m. a Duco service car from Napier en route* to connect,.. rap, at' Wairoa with - the contimiatioii service to Gisborne, was ort eping round’, the ' corner hugging the bank when the Osbornes’ car was sighted on its wrong side. L. Kendrewjj thto'- driver 'of the service i cal'; immediately. r stbpped..? ; .The- Osbornes made a Sudden rush to get' on their correct sideband in doing.'sp”,just', grazed 'tile wing of the servic& car;'. -' Apparently before the ’ Qshqrijes 1 'qpuld straighten up ’-their 'tlje "stoep declivity, turnifig, .over times. .. .Ken'dreiv. hffd with hiin .‘As passengers .pitdl 'Grant, an elderly lady, 'And twov-youmg meiti ' •Iniinediately, Kondrew and .'the y.ourigi fellows th row off their boats ‘ and* 'descehded' the' hill, Rifling Mrs. Grant in the car to stop'any'' passer s-byr': One'of the victims of the mishap was -still, alive and he was brought up first 'ort 4a camp. -stretcher taken from the Osbornes’ car. Ho was unconscious, ( groaning and bleeding from the mouth And from' head injuries.. It was beyond Mrs* Grants power to aid him. The other victim, it is undestood must, have .heert .killed outright. " *“ '"• „.' • Within a "short period a Wlut© Star car, one of Whitfield’? cars and the night-mail lorry also reached the scene and rendered valuable; assistance. The car involved m the tragedy was badly smashed.

The news of the terrible mishap will come as a great shook- to many residents of Gisborne who were acquainted with the two victims-—. Messrs Bernard and' .Wilfred '■ Osborne, residents of Palmerston North- Both were single and had been on a motor tour, embracing Gisbortoe, where two sisters reside —Mrs L. Evans, of Fox St., - -and Mrs J. A. Price, of Stout St. Leaving’home last,•Wednesday week, the unfortunate men went on to Taupo and they arrived in Gisborne last Wednesday. After . staying . here a couple of days, they left yesterday for home. Much sympathy will be extended to their relatives.