CRASH INTO CREEK.
CAR PASSENGER KILLED
Per Press Association
AUCKLAND, June 23. A motor-car driven by Mr Charles Johns, of Mount Eden, crashed into the railings of a bridge over the Mangaa ara Stream at Hoe-o-Tainui this morning, the car falling into the creek feel ow.
Mr Charles Hunt, of Valley Road, Mount Eden, who was in the back seat, was unable to get out and was drowned. Mr Johns and Mr Alfred Hunt, a brother of deceased, managed to extricate themselves and summoned help. They later recovered the body of Mr Charles Hunt. Deceased was proceeding on a visit to a son who is a farmer at Ngongotaba, near Rotorua.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 175, 24 June 1935, Page 8
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111CRASH INTO CREEK. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 175, 24 June 1935, Page 8
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