A MOTOR-CAR SMASH.
DRIVER FATALLY INJURED.
(By Tolegraph —Press Association.) Christchurch, November 24. An inquest was held to-day on the body of James Henderson, of Dunsandel, who died at Christchurch Hospital yesterday a? the result of injuries sustained in a motor-car accident at Birdling's Flat on Tuesday night. Hugh Cleaver Jamieson, a builder, said deceased left in his car for his home at Dunsandel about half an hour before witness. When they arrived at the cutting leading to Birdling's Flat their attention was arrested by a lantern light, and, meeting Mr. Biraling, they saw a smashed-up motor-car. The car, which had been driven by deoeased, had been capsized, and had pinned deceased underneath it. Deceased complained of pains in his chest. So far as witness could see, it was a pure accident, owing to small Bhingle on the road, and was probably due to an error of judgment. Deceased was an experienced driver. The coroner returned a verdict that deceased died from injuries accidentally received in the capsizing of his motor-car on the Little River Road.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1606, 25 November 1912, Page 4
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176A MOTOR-CAR SMASH. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1606, 25 November 1912, Page 4
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