KILLED BY A LORRY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18519, 2 October 1923, Page 6

KILLED BY A LO RRY.

— , M ' I ft pONSGfNBY LAD'S DEATH. M '■y'' r -''^''^-y''- : -'-'-- ■. : ' : ' : 'S'i:' ,^~'"'; "'."■v'' •'-.''.'■■: ' -y ■■! , '''v«J?J|i?P§! COLLISION CYCLING,- | ■ ;■■■■;:-;; j' ; v--'v;.- ■■ ;%• ?';:;■.<' ■' f - : l : ;r■ -'•- ■ • .>■:•'',;''•'.■'; -" ■—^:lSSI'|l PROMISING. YOUNG SWIMMER. A fatal accident- occurred in Nelson-'' 1 'Street ' about 1.i50 • p.m. ."• yesterday, the'. \.| victim being an : engineer's apprentice,: •; § Owen Moore, aged 16, who collided with . |'j and was run over by a largo , I motor lorry i'| when cycling along,' ■ the street. . The , lad was riding n»M f Nelson Street, from Fanshawe Street and , ?' the motor-lorry v was proceeding in tho • T opposite direction when the accident took § place. One wheel of the lorry passed, I over the ..boy's body. He was imme- I diately conveyed in a motor-car to the -. 1 Public ■: Hospital,, but died there shortly ', '.<,_ | I before 4 p.m.'■•'.'"'■' , . '. , § I ' The . unfortunate lad resided with hia ''j'f parents, Mr. and Mrs.„G. Moore, at 29, ,' !. 1 Hargreaves Street, Portsonby. ; He was j regarded as' an exceedingly promising i young swimmer, and was second in last. ■ i season's harbour race. -.'"''. ,'•' I An inquest will be opened this morn* I ing. ' _ J