MOTOR TRAGEDY
ENGLISH TURISTS KILLED. United Press Association— Bj Electric Telegraph Copyright;) BRUSSELS, May 31. A motor-coach containing nine English tourists, skidded and failed to take a le tdiandcd turn near Ghyveld, eli.se to the Fra neo-Belgian 1 rentier, it shot up a roadside embankment at a speed of fifty miles an hour and collided with a tree. Then it somersaulted, and was shattered, crushing (lie passengers, two of whom, named Ship and Diamond, were killed instantly. Another, named Heslip and the chaulfeur died in the hispital. The remainder were injured. Four are still unconscious. The owner of the motorcoach insured each passenger for £9OO.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 June 1931, Page 3
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105MOTOR TRAGEDY Hokitika Guardian, 2 June 1931, Page 3
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