MOTOR CYCLE FATALITY.
CHMSTCHURCH, Last Night,
I' '• Wesley McKinie r , awn of Mr McKinney, of New Brighton, met J with\a fatal accident alt the Bank of i New Zealand corner to-day. He was I riding over a- crossing on a rnotor 'cycle at 8.45 a.m., an,d tried "topass a furniture waggon belnging to "the N.Z. Express Company. When he was level with the waggon on" of His wheels skidded on the tramway line, the other wheel struck the hind leg of one of the horses, and McKinney was thrown off the machine on to his heacl. lie came into violent contact with the rails, and sustained' a <fracture of the■■.'skuli. He was taken to the Hospital, where he died shortly before 3 p.m. Those who saw the accident state' that both the cyclist and the driver of the van, were on the right side, and that the accident was caused by the wheel skidding on the tramway line.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10196, 25 March 1911, Page 5
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158MOTOR CYCLE FATALITY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10196, 25 March 1911, Page 5
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