STRUCK BY MOTOR TRUCK.
DEATH OF ELDERLY MAN. Per Press Association. WANGANUI, Juno 10. At an inquest concerning tho death of Francis William Mitchell (aged 66), a pantryman, vho was killed by a motor truck yesterday morning, Albert Victor Chambers, driver of the truck, said that he bent over to make an adjustment and when he looked up the lorry was right on top of Mitchell. Other evidence showed that Chambers and Mitchell had been friends for many years and that Mitchell generally rode into town with Chambers. One theory was that lie was . waiting in the middle of the road in expectation of the usual lift. A verdict of accidental death was returned. *
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 163, 11 June 1926, Page 7
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114STRUCK BY MOTOR TRUCK. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 163, 11 June 1926, Page 7
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