ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.
TRAMCAR FATALITY. PEE PITrSS ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, Nov, 30. While attempting to cross Willis Street to-night, a seafaring man named Donald M'Noill was caught between two tramcars and crushed so badly that when extricated from undei- one of the cars he was dead. Apparently he tried to avoid one approaching car, and did not notice another coming from the opposite direction. MOTOR-CAR ACCIDENT. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 30. Edward Shirley, a farmer, of Lauris- \ ton, and his wife and six-year-old child, were motoring home from a concert at Lauriston in the early hours of this morning, when the car ran over some loose shingle, skidded, and capsized. The child was flung clear, but the'husband and wife were pinned under the vehicle, and Mrs. Shirley was killed. Mr. Shirley was badly bruised and cut.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144851, 1 December 1915, Page 7
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132ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES. Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144851, 1 December 1915, Page 7
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