CHRISTCHURCH TRAM SMASH
INJURIES PROVE FATAL IN ONE CASE. - - Press Association. 1 ’ * CHRISTCHURCH. May 17. William S. Brunton, who died today, from injuries received in the Heath* cote tramway smash, was 47 , years of age. He was a plasterer by occupation, being in business with Mr StokesHis father (Mr Thomas Brunton), who was for over 40 years a compositor in the employ of the Christchurch “Press” Company, died a fortnight ago. One of -his brothers is L. Brunton, of St. Albans, and a Canterbury representative cricketer. Three others concerned in the accident are still in a critical condition. They arc:—John Chapman and. tw* little girls (Betty ‘Matthews and Olivo Needham), The other ten passengers who are still inmates of the hospital are improving.
The inquest on Brunton, the victim of the tramway accident, opened this morning. After evidence of identification, it was adjourned till Wednesday.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19190519.2.27
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10283, 19 May 1919, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
145CHRISTCHURCH TRAM SMASH New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10283, 19 May 1919, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in