STEERING GEAR FAILS.
PUTIKI MOTOR FATALITY.
DRIVER DESCRIBES MISHAP.
[BT ? '-• TELEGRAPH.— • • CORRESPONPENT.] '■■■'■ WANC?A2?u£ Monday." ' " An inquest was* held to-day in connec- "■ tion with the death of Mr.. Howard C. J, : , Wilson, of •«Marton, who was killed at ,' Putiki t through '■• a motor-car overturning. ' .The evidence went -to show that the" car : was, travelling at a rat© of abou't 30."miles:.: an hour. . The :. driver said he had rounded the wontt part of the bend, and just as he was " going on to the straight, the car seemed, to % get out of control. The steering gear became stiff, and before ■ he knew where he £ was, he was in the ditch. The car received ,V a bump and witness remembered no more until he was in hospital. The jury rt-, turned a verdict that the deceased his death by a motor-car accident, caused by ._. a temporary derangement of the steering i gear of the car in which he was being H driven. No blame was laid on the driver. x -,;.: Mr. Martin ; had intended to return to ,! Marton from Wanganui by a service car, but when he got to the garage, the car had been despatched. A special was despatched with Mr. Martin, driven by 0. Miles, who suffered minor injuries as the result of the accident. '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18685, 15 April 1924, Page 8
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