FATHER’S ORDEAL
INJURED MAN CARRIES CHILD FOR HELP THE MANAIA HILL TRAGEDY (Special to THE SUE) THAMES, Monday. Those injured in the serious motor accident at Manaia Hill yesterday are making satisfactory progress in the Coromandel Hospital. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and the child, Jessie Wilson, were taken to Thames to-day. The driver of the car, Mr. W. Wilson, who received an injured shoulder and severe shock, underwent a terrible ordeal after the accident. Despite his injuries he had to carry his fatally injured child a distance of one and a-half miles to Mr. Preece’s residence, from whence assistance was obtained. Mr. W. Beech, county foreman, and Mr. D. Goudie, of Colville, in the latter s motor-car, hastened to the scene of the accident and rendered assistance. They speedily conveyed the injured people to the hospital, where they were attended to by Dr. Rawstron. An inquest was opened this afternoon before Mr. J. Barker, J.P., coroner, but owing to the inability of the injured to attend it was adjourned.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 522, 27 November 1928, Page 12
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172FATHER’S ORDEAL Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 522, 27 November 1928, Page 12
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