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MOTOR DRIVEN INTO RIVER DRIVER MISLED BY LIGHTS WIFE & CHILDREN DROWN By TekgrarJi—Prwa Assn.—Copyright. Australian Press Association. Received Oct. 12, 7.45 p.m. Sydney, Oct. 12. While the Rev. Benson, rector of Bodalla, was motoring home from his Vacation, tragedy overtook th© party. Arriving at the Clyde River at Bateman's Bay early this morning, Mr. Benson mistook the lights and drove into the river. His wife and four children, whose ages ranged from nine years to six months, were drowned. The bodies of two boys and a girl have been recovered, but those of Mrs. Benson and another boy are still missing.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 October 1928, Page 13
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