STREET TRAGEDY.
> LORRY OUT OF CONTROL. c ; PROSECUTION OF DRIVER. s’ *;■ V * COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. %' (Australian Press Association.) X (Received August 29, 12.15 p.m.) SYDNEY, Aug. 29. Percy Splttlehouse, has been re- » manded on a charge of manslaughter arising out of the Newtown tragedy ' when a lorry driven by Splttlehouse got out of control and mounted a footpath and killed a man named C Michael Scully and a boy named C Robert Haddon. V _ _ „ At Newtown (Sydney) on Sunday, v August 11, a motor-lorry, travelling b at a high speed in King Street, got out », of hand, mounted a footpath, and killed a boy and an old man, and injured a little girl. The lorry smashed ■’ the plate-glass windows in several small shops. At the end of 40yds its 0 destructive career was stopped against v a news-agent’s window. The driver and two men who were with him were seriously injured. The tragedy \ was enacted within a few moments. The people in the. street had hardly ’ grasped what was happening. The ’ police seized some beer bottles found in the lorry. Several broken bottles V were scattered on the pavement.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19290829.2.68.1
Bibliographic details
Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17802, 29 August 1929, Page 8
Word Count
189STREET TRAGEDY. Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17802, 29 August 1929, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Waikato Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in