MOTOR-CAR PLUNGES INTO RIVER
TWO MEN DROWNED. By Toleeranh—Press AMoeiatlon. Auckland, March 5. . A motoring accident which caused tlie death of Harry fitockley (jockey), and B. 0, Walker (taxi-driver), both of Auckland. occurred this evening near Paeroa. The car contained ' the • two deceased, ajul one Herbert Cogan, and was driven bv Walker. . En route from Te Aroha to Thames about dusk, the. driver mistook the wav, and took. the. Netherton road about a mile find a half beyond Paeroa. The Puko Bridge, spanning tho Wairoa River, was open to allow tho passage of .a steamer. The bridw-opener my the car approaching and. called out, but AValkor was unable to pull, tho motor-car up. It plunged into the .opening. and was precipitated into the water, below. Stockley and Walker woro both drowned, but Cogan reached the chore exhausted.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 138, 6 March 1920, Page 6
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137MOTOR-CAR PLUNGES INTO RIVER Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 138, 6 March 1920, Page 6
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