ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
FATAL MOTOR ACCIDENT. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, March 24. A motor accident at Arch Hill, which resulted in the death of Seymour Elmsley Gorden, occurred at 1 a.m. on Sunday. Gorden, who is a mechanic employed by the Seabrook Fowlds Company, was driving round a corner when the car capsized, pinning the occupants underneath. Gorden was unconscious when extracted, and died in*the hospital two hours later. Miss Fountain, daughter of Mr Dudley Fountain, aged 20, is suffering from general injuries which cannot be described pending an X-ray examina-. tion. Neville Hopkins, the third occupant, sustained abrasions, which were dressed at the hospital, after which he returned home.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18972, 25 March 1924, Page 9
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