ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.
FATAL MOTOR ACCIDENT
(Per Press Association.)
Auckland, May 23
A taxi, driven by William Curtis, and containing four others, collided with a tram car at Epsom late last night. Thos. Noonan, a single man, aged 25, a resident of Parnell, and Fred Cole, were seriously injured. The collision was caused by a wheel of the motor skidding. The tram caught the back wheel of the motor, and wrecked tho lower part of the motor car away. Noonan suffered shocking injuries to his head, and was extricated with difficulty from the debris. He died almost immediately. Colo had a thigh injured, and was conveyed to the hospital. The motor car was practically ruined.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 22, 23 May 1912, Page 5
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114ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 22, 23 May 1912, Page 5
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