HOTELKEEPER KILLED.
CAR TOPPLES OVER BANK. (P.IESS iBSOCUTION TELEQEA.M.) MASTEBTON, January 13. A fatal motor accident occurred on the main highway six miles south of Eketahuna early this afternoon, whereby Charles Edward Cutts, proprietor of Morrison's Bush Hotel, was killed. A party of four South Wairarapa publicans, Cutts, G. A. Vincent (Featherston), C. A. Gray (Carterton), and E. Irvine (T.aratahi), were proceeding by car to Marigatainoka. When On a narrow part of the road they slowed down to pass a stationary, service car. The hub of the front wheel of Vincent's car fouled the back wheel hub of the service car, resulting in the former vehicle toppling over the bank. Cutts was pinned under the car, and suffered severe injuries to the head. Ho died on the way to the Mastcrtcm Hospital. The other three were admitted to the hospital with minor cuts and abrasions. Vincent was later discharged but Gray and Irvine were detained under observation. Irvine, who is the father of the All Black, is a recent arrival in the district from Hawkes Bay.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19270114.2.30
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18899, 14 January 1927, Page 8
Word count
Tapeke kupu
176HOTELKEEPER KILLED. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18899, 14 January 1927, Page 8
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). 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.
Acknowledgements
Ngā mihi
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in