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ACCIDENT IN EMILY PLACE ELDERLY MAN INJURED When the driver of a motorlorry standing in Emily Place ; about 9 a.m. this morning was in- | side a building the brakes on the lorry gave way and the vehicle j dashed down toward Customs | Street. ; A T the same time Mr. Thomas Wiugfield, aged 74, of 9 Ranfurly Road, EpSbm, was crossing the foot of Emily Place from Customs Street toward Fort Street. He was struck by the lorry, which ended its career by ' crashing into a motor-car parked on i the opposite kerb. j Mr. Wingfield was put into a taxi and ] taken to the Auckland Hospital. He ; was x-rayed later in the morning, and ; it was found that his injuries were not | serious. 1
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 631, 6 April 1929, Page 1
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