ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.
(Pflß PRESS A8800UTI0N.) MASTER-TON", Oct. 17. . It was reported late to-night that a motor car driven by Mr Gordon liaing went oyer a bridge on the AlastortonTemii road and that the two occupants ot the car were- killed. They were Mr O'Connor and his daughter; old settlers of the district. ' ' ■ MASTERTON, Oct. 13. The. purty which left Masterkui a. little after ourht o'clock consisted of Laing, Jamos O'Connor and his daubliter. After twelve miles had been covered, and when approaching the Kahumengi bridge, something went Wrong, and the car cVashed over the side of the bridge, falling- a distance of about 20 feet- into tit* river. The occupants were pinned underneath, but Laing managed to free himself. Assistance was then obtained, but when tlio car was rernoved off O'connor and his daughter, it was found they were dead, AUCKLAND, Oct. 17. Thr> eighteen-moiuhs-old child of DAniel SeUar's, a'memljer of the. 2j)th Romforceine.nt.si. died to-day as a result of being clioked by a banana.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10110, 18 October 1917, Page 6
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