CAR SKIDS IN GRAVEL
FIVE PERSONS INJURED
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) DANNEVIRKE, 2Sth December. Two women critically injured, and a man and two children less seriously injured, arc l3'ing in Dannovirko public hospital as the result of a motor accident which occurred near Norsewood, about three miles from Danncvirke, today. The injured are:— 1 Miss Callaghan, aged 21, of Napier. — Serious injuries to spine. Mrs. Werner, wife of Mr. Allan B. Werner, of 3, M'Farlane street, Wellington.—Serious head injuries. Allan B. Werner, Harbour Board employee.—Serious shock and bruises. Condition satisfactory. Doreen Werner, aged 15.—Lacerated wounds to legs and shock. Condition satisfactory. Allan Werner, aged 9.—lnjuries to fingers and shock. Condition satisfactory. An eye-witness, Mr. W. Stone, a racehorse owner, of Invcrcargill, who was motoring to -Waipukurau, stated that j Mr. Werner's car, which was going . 'from Napier to "Wellington, skidded on some loose metal near Norsewood, and turned over three times. It was a ' marvel, he said, that all the occupants : were not killed instantaneously; [ Dr. Boyd, of Norsewood, was called, and after he had given first aid, the injured persons were admitted to.the Dannevirko Hospital.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 154, 29 December 1930, Page 10
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185CAR SKIDS IN GRAVEL Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 154, 29 December 1930, Page 10
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