FATAL WEDDING.
£nv TKI.KCRAI'Jl —I'KH I'RESS ASSOCIATION.J
WELLINGTON. July 30.
A .-hocking accident occurred in tin' ti).per end of Dixon Street this afternoon. A crowd of wedding guests were waiting outside the entrance gate ~f St. John’:.. Church, to greet the bride and bridegiooin. "hen one of the wedding ears, standing further up the street "hit h is very steep und dangerous at this point—got out of control, and ran downhill, turning inwards and running oil to the footpath at the kerb, it struck a body of t lie guc-ts, all "omen, and crashed onwards to the concrete "all. Mi-s Bcatcha.ul was killed. Three were seriously injured, and two others were injured more or less seriously. Those injured include: Airs Mitts (IVtoiie), Alts Hall (Newtown), Airs F. Wheeler. The best man. Alt' Collins, of IVtoue. and several others "ere slightly injuted. The bride and bridegroom. Alls it ltd Air J antes Spence, had left by Ihe first ear, and it was the seiond car which got out of control. Further details of the tragic happening at tlie wedding showed that the bolting car contained the best man. Iwo bridesmaids and the lloncr giib. It is presumed that the driver iclcased the brakes to follow the other cars ami | laced his foul on the a-cclcmtor. instead of on the brake. The <ar da.-hed on to the footpath, "here forty guests a moment before were showering (Oiifciii. Several were knocked down, ami crushed against the fence, and wore linin' o; less injured. It is believed that lhe mechanism of the car had gone wrong. liaise injured "eio taken to the hospital.
The young unman killed. Miss I.ilium Scat chard, wa.s aged 2-"> years, her address having been •'!. Lewisville Terrace. Wellington.
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 July 1924, Page 2
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288FATAL WEDDING. Hokitika Guardian, 31 July 1924, Page 2
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