Husband and Wife Killed

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 39, 16 February 1937, Page 7

Husband and Wife Killed

Shocking Motor Tragedy VICTIMS WELL-KNOWN IN MANAWATU. p*r Press Association. HASTERTON, Last Night. A husband and wife were killed and two others injured (one gravely and the other seriously) as a result of a shocking motor accident which occurred this evening on the Main North road about 12 miles from Masterton. The victims were: Killed. ' LESLIE WILLIAM SHARMAN, cycle dealer, of Masterton. MARGARET SHARMAN, wife of Leslie Sharman. Injured. CHARLES HERBERT HOWES, carpenter, of Masterton, condition very grave. B. WATERS, Masterton, exten- , aive injuries, condition fuirly serious. The two injured men were taken to hospital. The accident occurred on a bend on the road, the car, which was driven by Leslie Sharman, colliding with a transport lorry heavily laden with fruit and driven by Raymond Cedric Bushby, fruit merchant, of Hastings. Neither he nor his companion was injured. The car left Masterton about 6.30 p.m. on its way to Paßnerston North, Mr. and Mrs. Sharman occupying the front seat. While there were no eye witnesses, it appears that the car, a heavy sedan, struck the lorry on the side just past the cab and tore away much of the woodwork of the lorry side and scattered apples over a wide area. The full force of the impact was felt on the driver’s side of the car, which was reduced to a mangled mass. Sharman was killed outright and Ids wife only lived for a few minutes. The lorry was able to proceed under its own power, but the car was damaged almost beyond repair. Sharman is survived by an only cbild, a girl of about eight years. He had been in Masterton for about 12 years and was very popular, taking a prominent part in sport and Foresters’ Lodge affairs. The late Mr. and Mrs. Sharman were well-known in Palmerston North. They were on their way to the city to attend an evening party. Mrs. Sharman was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Stevens, of Broadway, Palmerston North. DRIVE E KILLED WHEN OAR OVBHTUEN S. FATAL ACCIDENT ON ASHHUKHT HOAD. A young man named Button James Hemming*, aged 41, of Umutoi, entered hospital suffering from a fractured skull as a result of a car he was driving overturning on the Palmerston North-Ash-hurst road yesterday afternoon. The tie-rod came adrift to place the vehicle out of control. Jt wobbled from one side of the road to the other and then turned over on its left side. Mr S. J. Hemming*, father of the driver, who was a passenger, was unhurt. Hemmings died at a late hour last night.