MOTOR FATALITY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 3 April 1923, Page 5

MOTOR FATALITY

< 'JAPANESE PRINCE KILLED

NEAR PARIS

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association;

FARIS, April 2

Prince Mitiohnrakava, tlie Mikado’s brother-in-law, was killed through a mo-tor-car colliding with a treo on the ParisGiiorbourg road. The chauffeur was a iso killed.

(Reuter’s Telegrams)

PARIS, April 2.

1 Lo Matin states that Princo Mitiicharakawa was driving ©t 75 miles an ' hour, when another car suddenly appeared in front, proceeding in the | same direction. The prince, without I slackening, turned sharply to the loft hind lost control of the car, which ’crashed into a tree and turned turtle, ! pinning the occupants underneath. 1 The princo was terribly mutilated. His legs were broken in several places. He died within a few minutes. The princess had a deep gash on her head and a broken leg. Prince Osaka bad a fractured jaw and a broken log. The condition of both is grave.