ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
A BODY RECOVERED. [Pep. Press Association.! REEFTON, August 30. The body of A. R. Baxter, Singer Solving Machine Company’s agent, who was drowned in the Little Grey River on July 27th, was recovered yesterday. A TRAMWAY COLLISION. CHRISTCHURCH, August 30. About one o’clock this afternoon, a van belonging to G. Ritchie, earner, and a tram car returning to Cathedral Square, from Edgeware Road, collided at the intersection of Chester and Colombo Streets, with the result that a young man named Birmingham was severely injured, and the conveyance badly damaged. It appears that Ritchie, Birmingham, and another young man were driving from Chester Street over Colombo Street, to Oxford Terrace, The van had just reached the line when the car caught the back of it and capsized it. The horse was knocked down and the occupants were thrown into the roadway. Birmingham was severely cut about the head and hody, aud Ritcliie received slight injuries. Birmingham was conveyed to the hospital.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2594, 31 August 1909, Page 4
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163ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2594, 31 August 1909, Page 4
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