Motor Fatality.
« ——- Auckland, . J.a.-il Night. ,\ uioiiij- accident occurred on '.luesdaj :U tJi'iioon at l'en rose. ci.lnii John llurton, married, aged l"i. v, as cycling when a motor-car travelling at a jjroafc .speed overcook aiid rail him down. Although a. to the accident beckoned' -to the ciriv 'r or tiic car,, lie merely turned his head and the car dashed on, leaving the victim oil the roadway with concuss on of the brain, fracture of the base of the skull, and other severe injuries to the head. and face, .111 diutornaj bleeding. The ear was not driveu by tlie owner. but. had been appropriated by two persons at present unknown, and was found, de sertedi later at Onehunga. ■ Hor-ton, who was employed as a greaser at the Wesrtfield; Freezing Works, died in the hospital.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 January 1920, Page 4
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133Motor Fatality. Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 January 1920, Page 4
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