MOTOR ACCIDENTS
STEERING GEAR FAILS
(By Telegraph.—Press Association,’ TAUMARUNUT. This Day. When L. Walsh, carrier, was driving a truck down a hill last evening the steering gear failed and the lorry, with a full load of timber, went over a bank. Walsh jumped clear and escaped with a severe shaking. The lornsettled in the gully below and burst into flames. The lorry and 3000 feet of timber were destroyed. CYCLIST’S DEATH FROM INJURIES PALMERSTON N., This Day. Following injuries to the head sustained on Tuesday evening as the result of a motor-cycling accident, Hugh Moore, 19 years old, who resided at Kimbolton, died in hospital. Moore was found by a passing motorist lying unconscious beside bis cycle, which apparently had skidded in loose metal.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 9 August 1928, Page 5
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124MOTOR ACCIDENTS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 9 August 1928, Page 5
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