HEAD-ON COLLISION
CARS BADLY SMASHED. FOUR PEOPLE INJURED. WELLINGTON, Sunday. In a head-on smash between two cars on the main road near Waikanae this morning, four people Were injured. Three of them are in hospital, one in a very serious condition. Mrs F. W< Petherwick, of Wellington, who sustained concussion and severe head and chest injuries. Her condition is very serious. Her husband suffered head injuries. Miss Eileen Murphy, of Wellington, received a bad cut in an arm. The above were the occupants of one car.
In the other ear were Mr W. A. Waters, Power Board Engineer, Palmerston North, and his son, W. Waters, aged 14, who had an arm broken, his face cut, and received a violent blow on the head. Mr Waters was not badly hurt. Mr and Mrs Petherwick are in hospital at Wellington and the boy at Palmerston North. ' The cars were badly smashed. —(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 24 August 1936, Page 5
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