FATAL SPEEDWAY CRASH

Chronicle (Levin), 10 February 1947, Page 7

FATAL SPEEDWAY CRASH

In ii -I'lisiit i ;.:i i • ra>h "i. Ihe I'al nej>iu; j •' .» • . •> . iNituril.'/ 1 1 1 -4 1 i ' . ii: ■ '!>. ♦ « 1 : . t ■ > t f » :* cyrlr ridcis. ! .. > / ;u> a rei ei , »••! M'ri >u in.iurit's . i . ■ -h oue, IlnAurd WaiiM-!" T , oi' l.vnu l>av. Wellington. a m:ir.o-i a.an :i_e>i i'.1, lalcr siiii-iiiiiiu'ii. T'.c utiic!-, Jjieit Uo'icrt Wood.-. i-i \. a M ^a a 'ii , v\a* re ported lasl iiiali! to !»• . ; .; ■ ;-i\ i Fi'oni ua - "i>ioa ihe aci doilt it appeiu-:- timi tlie aii.-aa,. >.v urrall in ihe tiiird laj». \Vi:;:ia -on. Auei; laiul, wtis leiuling at ihe i>«\; i'iai'i ; >m Ihe lap, ajq'nmehiug " ' !«•. .• .«r:n of tlie tra-.-Si. 1 1 «• ua? ''io.-ii ! . foiiow.:.-' I > \* Tolicy aml II. Ac d, .'« a.' . !a i:«I. wci'i' r'idiug rjoseiy I ')•_•,• t e»; . \\:ik a sea v.as ju:-t be!, iinl i.. , I'alniei j-loa Xortli, a;nl Wouil. uh i wwe iona ! ixxg ihe westen: !>ca'! al ii:e heqinniug of their st'i'oial !ap. Pia. ea ainl Woo.. apparent !y fe!l wliea l.u'f-v. ay roaiai Ihe beiul. Piaker iu:. edi.ifel ' draggfii his m.seliiiie to .the fen**.\ l>ut \\ oo !. "ulaise aiaehiae ua- qaite ae.'ir the feaee, moved o\er i« ihe feaee. WilkiuMia eaaie hetueea \footl's aiotor-e\\de aad the l'eaee, struek Wood, beeaaie ari .-eated aad his aiaehiae laaded ia the aiiddle of the traek. Tol.t'y aad Seed wero uaalrle to avoi-1 il aad thev :4s'' were tossed to the traelc. First aid was instaatly njrplied by a St. Jolin Ainbuiaade aiaa aad the ia jurud rnen were rushed to liospital vyitii out delay. Xone of t'ne oiiier rider was injured altliouyh ihey re-ei ed a shaking. Tolley died ia ihe Pal lersKa Xorth llosplttli yesterday im- aiag. Tollev was a well-known lig .re ia. the

' aiotor-eycde world in X'ew ZeaJand Hefore the wur lie represented Xeu Zealaad in the T.T. motor-cvcle race o u the Isle of Aiaa. He was a partner oi the timi Messrs Tolley and tSpeace. ; aiotor-eycle dealers, AWellingtoa, aa-.. was a leading persoaality in the Jxion IWotoreyrde Club, W'ellixigtoa. He wa.-, a son of Mrs. J. Tolley, Wellington ■ iStreet, Feilding. 'J'he remainiag rider ia the race, 1 Ilarris, of Wellington, catried on aloa.. j from a rear positioa to win.