LORRY CRASHES OVER BANK
MAORI CHILD EATALLY HURT
A fatal accident occurred ou Saturday evening on the Rotorua-Taupo Rd. when a lorry went over a steep bank. The circumstances are peculiar. The forry stuck in loose ground two miles from the scene of the accident and was towed to safety by a car driven by E. Bellworthy. The light of tho lorry failed and the driver followed Bellworthy’s ear for two miles. Bellworth}', hearing a crash, stopped and found thio lorry had disappeared over a 100 ft bank. He obtained assistance from a Public Works Department construction camp. Tho driver, Kora Wharckawa, was found uninjured, but a child named Manipoto Tukoreka, son of Rewi Manipoto, of Whakavcwarewa. was dead.
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Patea Mail, Volume LI, 23 July 1930, Page 3
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119LORRY CRASHES OVER BANK Patea Mail, Volume LI, 23 July 1930, Page 3
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