FATAL MOTOR ACCIDENT.
FOUR PERSONS KILLED. Received August 21, 8.23 a.m. NEW YORK, August 2L Mr 'Root, a wealthy American manufacturer, while motoring towards the Ashley Crossing, Massachusetts, sped for a mile alongside the Pittsfield express, and, in order to avoid a high bank at a curve, with frenzied bravado he attempted to cross ahead of the train. The motor collided with the engine, and Root, ! his mother, sister, and aunt, were killed. A niece was the only survivor, and skc sustained serious injury-
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8516, 22 August 1907, Page 5
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84FATAL MOTOR ACCIDENT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8516, 22 August 1907, Page 5
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