FATAL MOTOR SMASH
WOMEN KILLED OUTRIGHT. FIVE PERSONS INJURED. MASTERTON, August 23. As the result of a collision between two cars on the Masterton-Carterton road at Waingawa, about 5.40 on Saturday afternoon, one person was killed and five others were injured. Three were taken to hospital, and the other two were sent home. One of the cars was driven by Mr William Grose, a dental mechanic, of Masterton, and it contained four passengers. The other car was driven by Mr Robert Coulston, head butcher at the Waingawa abattoirs, who was the sole occupant. Mrs Grose was killed, and the injured, who are now in hospital, are: William Grose, Mrs Greathead (Mrs Grose’s mother), and Thomas Grose, aged 10. All are suffering from head injuries.
Leonard Unsworth, chemist’s assistant, and Robert Coulston were also injured, but were taken home.
Both cars were practically wrecked.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4041, 25 August 1931, Page 29
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143FATAL MOTOR SMASH Otago Witness, Issue 4041, 25 August 1931, Page 29
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