ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
* TWO FATAL ACCIDENTS AT WELLINGTON. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Oct. 7. Two deaths from injuries received in accidents occurred in the Wellington Hospital early this morning. Samuel Sloan Oliver, a resident of Hastings, aged about 45, died at' the hospital on his admission there at 2 a.m, Oliver was knocked down .by a mot-or-car in Thorndon Quay at 1.50 a.m. and received a fracture of the skull and left leg. Fatal injuries were received by Eric Toulson, aged 36, a civil servant, who boarded at Petone. He was riding a motor-cycle and side-eax- towards Petone about 6.30 p.m. yesterday and failed to turn the corner properly at the Victoria Sti-eet and Hutt Road intersection, with the result that lie crashed into a fence. Toulson fractured his right wrist and pelvis, and also received wounds on his forehead and shock. He was admitted to the hospital, but died at 2.15' a.ili, to-day.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 8 October 1928, Page 2
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