Truck In River: Two Men Believed Drowned
. WES.ti>OkT, 'Dec. li. Two youug meiij Mr. John 1'orter, junr., ajifl .-Mr, Brjan Muir, ■ : hoth oi Westport, are tnsissftig and .believed «(o. have been drowned when a lorry ip. vvhich • tliev Were " 'travelling on 'tho Buller Gorge. Road whnt over a bank altpqt 11 :'milc§. froui Westport and plunged into- tlie Buller River early tonight. ■ ' ' The . 'drirpf, ,'iTtv Ronald Intemaiin, majiaged to' get cleaf -df the lorry as it entered tho water and he svvain clear. He suffered minor abrasions and shock. After Mr. Intemaiin had got clear onlv oil marks were visible on the water and there was no sign of the other two men.
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 December 1948, Page 7
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113Truck In River: Two Men Believed Drowned Chronicle (Levin), 6 December 1948, Page 7
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