MOTOR-CYCLE FATALITY.
[Per Pees* Association.] WELLINGTDX, September 28. A shocking motor-cycle fatality occurred at the corner of Davis Street and Thorndon Quay at 6 p.m. on Saturday. Three, men—Frederick William Jollands, William Gunter and George Sullivan—were returning home on a motor-cycle after a ride to Pet,one Gunter was driving, and Jollands and Sullivan were sitting behind the machine- When endeavouring to turn into Davis Street at a high speed Gunter lost control of the machine, and all three were, thrown to the. ground. JoL lands was killed almost instantly, and (he other two were badly injured and tendered unconsciousGunter and Sullivan were taken to the hospital and are still unconscious. Jollands was a married man, fortynine years of age. Eye-witnesses state that the machine was travelling at a very high speed along Thorndon Quay, and police constables returning from ’ Petono by the train report that they saw the machine travelling along ‘ the Hutt Road at a snood between forty and fifty miles an hour.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12757, 29 September 1919, Page 3
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