MOTOR TRAGEDY
AUSTRALIAN ACCIDENT CONDITION OF INJURED SATISFACTORY JREPORT MR. ALLEN'S GOOD PROGRESS By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received January 12, 7.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 13 The condition of the injured in yesterday's motor coach accident on the main Sydney-Melbourne highway, near Gundagai, is most satisfactory. All except Mr. Percy S. Allen aro out of danger. He is making good progress. His condition is not as serious as at first announced. His skull is not fractured and he is expected to make a good recovery.
Mr. Allen was to-day informed of his wife's death. Her body reached Sydney this afternoon for burial. The Gundagai police are awaiting instructions with regard to the body of Miss Joan Croft, of Auckland. It has been ascertained that Mr. E. C. R. Darroch, of Auckland, and his wife are not seriously hurt, but are suffering from shock.
Inquiries made in Auckland last evening elicited the information that arrangements have been made for Miss Joan Croft's body to be brought to New Zealand by the Wanganella, which is due to leave Sydney this morning for Wellington. The vessel is expected to reach Wellington next Tuesday evening, and Miss Croft's body will be conveyed later to Auckland :for burial.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21698, 13 January 1934, Page 11
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201MOTOR TRAGEDY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21698, 13 January 1934, Page 11
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