TWO KILLED
POUR OTHERS ESCAPE
CAK CRASHES INTO POST
(Per Press Assmation.j
CHRISTCHURCH, this day
While returning from the races on Saturday evening a ear driven by Henry Denham swung over to the wrong side of the road and hit a telegraph pole, killing two of the passengers, David Forsyth, 50, a laborer, and a woman of 35 years, who is still uniden tified. -
There were four others in the car, including Denham, and they miraculously escaped injury. A boy of three years, who was with the woman, is in hospital suffering from shock.
PENHAM BEFORE COURT.
■ (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. this day
As a result of Saturday's motoring fatality, Henry Penham was charged today with causing the death of David Forsyth bv an illegal act. Accused was remanded "til! November 15 in custody.
The polhe said accused had nine previous convictions against him. He had purchased the car on the instalment system.": With it he plied for hue on Saturday (hough not licensed.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17185, 8 November 1926, Page 7
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