MOTOR FATALITY
GIRL CRUSHED TO DEATH.
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AUCKLAND, Augusfl .13
A motor accident resulting in the death of Miss Greta Salmon, aged 13 year, of Rotorua, occurred at a railway crossing about a| mile south of Matamata shortly after 9 o’clock last Tuesday evening. . > . ' • Miss Salmon was one of a party of seven, which was proceeding in a light motor-truck from Rotorua to Te Aroha, to attend a dance. The truck which was driven by Mr Victor Russel Lloyd, of Rotorua, capsized at the crossing, which connects roads running parallel on either side of the railway line. Miss>) Salmon, who was siting on' fhe outride *of the front seat, was crushed. She was immediately taken to a private hospital, which was only a short distance away, but expired ■ shortly after midnight. The rest of the party escaped injury. An inquest was opened before Mr A. T. Tong, Coroner, and adjourned sine die after evidence oi identification had been taken.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 August 1932, Page 5
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162MOTOR FATALITY Hokitika Guardian, 16 August 1932, Page 5
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