CAR OVER BANK
' ACCIDENT AT WESTPORT j TWO MEN SERIOUSLY HURT | . [ Per Press Association ] H WESTPORT, Aug. 18. : | A serious accident occurred on the - j Denniston Road this afternoon when : 'a car, driven by Trevor Richards, with ‘ his father, Walter Richards, power- ■; house engineer, and D. 8. Loder, school- ) teacher, as passengers, went over a 100I ft. bank. Both of the latter v ere re- ! moved to Denniston Hospital suffering I from serious injuries. | Loder, who was due to be married I next week, was leaving Denniston on , Monday to accept a school-teaching ap- ! pointment at Cricklewood, near TimI aru. He was a well-known Rugby foot- ; bailer, having captained the Buller I team last year. The driver of the car i escaped with slight injuries. ! The accident occurred about half- : way down the hill, which is seven rules j long and 1700 ft. above Westport. The ! car, driven by Richards, was endeavourI ing to pass another vehicle and went •I too far out. The car was badly dam--1 aged
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 196, 20 August 1934, Page 7
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169CAR OVER BANK Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 196, 20 August 1934, Page 7
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