One of Four People Drowned as Truck Plunges Into River

Grey River Argus, 4 September 1948, Page 7

One of Four People Drowned as Truck Plunges Into River

P.A. DANNEVIRKE, Sept. 3 While travelling on the PongaroaPahiatua main highway, a ligni uuca, containing four people, all belonging to Pongaroa, crasneu into a unagv ana wen,, over the oank into tne iiooueu x-()ii>Ux U a jtUvex. xiU- u’UuK cuivcr was P. Moynihan, aged about 24, ana the passengers were: Henry Colston Heatn, aged 29, a returned serviceman of world war two; Mrs D. McGill, a young woman; ana H. nerucxC aged 4a. Heath was riding on tne tray ot the vemcle and wneu his budy was taken from tne water ne was oead. Apparently np had peen drowned. Herbert was thrown from the truck in ns decent, ne plunged into the river. He succeeded in rescuing Mrs ivicGill ano the driver, Moynihan, from the cab. . FATAL FALL. P.A. AUCKLAND, September 2. An electrician who tell from a crane at the outwards goods shed of the Railway Department on to a concrete floor on Tuesday died in the i Auckland Hospital yesterday. He was George Frederick Ankers, a married man, aged 34, of Epsom. Mr. Ankers fell about 40 feet and was taken to. hospital suffering from severe head injuries. Californian Verdict Against Jap. War Prison Camp Guard (Rec. 9,10) SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2 Tomoya Kawakita. an Americanborn Japanese war prison camp guard, was convicted to-day of treason against the United States. This verdict was returned eight days after a jury of nine women and three men had retired, following on an elevenday trial. Kawakita was charged with atrocities against American war prisoners. He said that he had renounced his American citizenship before his acts were committed.