SUFFOCATED BY A MOTOR CAR.
( ByTelegraph.—Press Association) TIMARU, J his Day. A distressing fatal motor car accident occurred on Saturday afternoon. Mr and Mrs John Meikle were returning home from town in a car, Mr Mdkle, an experienced driver being in charge, as usual. When descending a steep narrow track on the side of a cutting near their house the car went over the bank and capsized over a wire fence. Mr Meikle was pitched out and had his right thigh broken. Mrs Meikle was pinned under the car and suffocated by the weight of it on her chest.
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Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8005, 10 September 1906, Page 2
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99SUFFOCATED BY A MOTOR CAR. Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8005, 10 September 1906, Page 2
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