LANDSLIP CAUSES FATAL ACCIDENT.
TWO \tOMEN AND CHILD KILLED. Westport, June 11. An accident in which three people were killed occurred through a landslip at Blackwafer, Buffer Gorge, this evening, the victims being Mi’s. Parker and her infant daughter and Mrs. Parker’s mother, Mrs. 'Soulthon. From particulars available, it appears that Mr. Pailker, a carrier, was coming down froin Liangahua Junction to Tiroroa in his motor loilr.y with his wife and two children and Mrs. Soiith'on and ito allow 7 one of the service cars from Nelson to pass through, lie pulled off to the side of the road. Just then, a big slip came away, with a tree on it and the tree caught the car, killing Mrs. Sou thou, Airs. Parleer and her infant daughter. Mr. Parker got clear with some injuries. Ah-. Quinn, on the Car that had passed, hearing the crash, went batik and with other assistance from the railway construction camps, rescued one child in a badly battered state and recovered * the bodies of the three victims. These were subsequently brought on to Westport and the rescued child 'taken .to the hospital. Air. Pai’ker is in the medical hut at 'Tiroroa, suffering badly from shock.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3955, 13 June 1929, Page 2
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200LANDSLIP CAUSES FATAL ACCIDENT. Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3955, 13 June 1929, Page 2
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