HONEYMOON TRAGEDY.
VERDICT AT THE CORONER'S INQUEST. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) ; CHRISTCHURCH, Friday.The inquest on the body..of. Sydney. Caleb, Small, who was killed, in a. motor. accident on May 281 li. when in Christchurch on his honeymoon,., was continued before Mr S. E v ,McCarthy, coroner, to-day. .■~. TSsr * r ; ~r A verdict was recorded that death was due to a fractured Spine and internal injuries received from the overturning of a motor car. Shortly before the accident the car was being driven at a high rate of speed, but the evidence. on this point was inconclusive, though the fact that the car skidded through a waterhole, and tlie failure to reduce speed in time to prevent it skidding, would seem to suggest excessive speed and the lack of a vigilant outlook.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 46, Issue 14142, 12 June 1920, Page 5
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130HONEYMOON TRAGEDY. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 46, Issue 14142, 12 June 1920, Page 5
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