CAR CAPSIZES
SKIDS IN LOOSE GRAVEL. TWO MEN PINNED UNDERNEATH Per Press Association. INVERCARGILL, April 7. Particulars of the fatal motor capsize near Dipt-on oil Tuesday afternoon show that the car, which was driven by Thomas Price,, farmer, of Benmore, skidded in tho loose gravel and capsized. Price and Alexander McKenzio were pinned underneath. The latter’s head was crushed, death being practically instantaneous. Price sustained severe head injuries and was removed to hospital in a grave condition. John Murphy, another occupant, escaped with broken ribs and facial cuts. Decased was for years a works forman at the Bluff, and left yesterday to assist in the harvesting on bis nephew’s farm. [An earlier message in reference to the above fatality appears on pago 4.]
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 108, 7 April 1926, Page 8
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123CAR CAPSIZES Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 108, 7 April 1926, Page 8
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