CHRISTMAS FATALITY.
MOTORIST KILLED WITH LOAD OF TOYS. CAR OVERTURNED IN STORM. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) ' (Australian Press Association.) I Received 11.5 a.m. to-day. NEW YORK, Dec. 17. A message -from Prescott states: Santa Claus, who annually visits Wagoner, an isolated Arizona range town, will not deliver gifts to children this year. Mr. Tom Goodwin, a wealthy bachelor cattleman, loaded a motor-car with Christmas toys and candies and, accompanied by Miss Pearl Johnson, a school teacher, and Reg. Thomas, his cowboy friend, was proceeding thither when a terrific snowstorm overtook them in a mountain pass. Goodwin was killed amongst the toys when the car crashed over a precipice, while Thomas and Miss; Johnson were found badly frozen, but they will. recover.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 December 1928, Page 5
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