BROADCASTER’S ESCAPE
CAR PLUNGES INTO YARRA. ONE OF TWO COMPANIONS DROWNED. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright MELBOURNE. January 21. The radio announcer Eric Welch was unable to broadcast the Caulfield races today, as is his custom, owing to a sensational motoring experience overnight. He wtts driving his car. accompanied by two companions, Reginald Tonkin and James Kelly, when the vehicle plunged into the River Yarra. near Spencer Street docks. Welch and Tonkin got through the car windows, rose to the surface and were rescued by men on the wharf, but Kelly, who was imprisoned in the submerged car, was drowned. Tonkin and Kelly were members of the Victoria Racing Club s stall.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 January 1939, Page 5
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