Two Maori Brothers Killed By Horse
WHAKATANE, May 16. Two Maori brothers were killed at Onepu between Te Teko and Rotorua, . this afternoon, when they'were thrown • from a horse on which they were both ; riding. They were: SYDNEY HAPE, aged 24, married. RICHARD HAPE, a sehool boy. 1 While the brothers were on the horse it was approaehed by a road maintenance truck. The truck was moving slowly when the horse apparently took fright and rushed up a nearby bank. Before it .reaehed the top it fell back- ■ wards throwing. the two riders who received severe head injuries. In both cases death was almost instantaneous. . The horse was- also killed.
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 May 1949, Page 3
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