Reading Standard Etc 10-1917

th,
rePrcaented
]';rederick
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Dece3.aed

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' wore'
motor
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good sight..

His mothei'
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Grunt Wilson,

and Countiea' Bank, M,mog.
aiong the Bnth ,Road
Friday nigllt when be saw ,n. "'SII,"
lng lorrl ' about ' two _ •.•.. , __
suddenly Iw~rvc to
tho Itmlght and ,!en~ on
-.'"fle ' ~i'
saw the drIver P~lt tip nnd 1
run back. He did not
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There was a

that wns cQvered

musical
n.p~
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ca r had-..ps88ed
miles
per hou t . 'tho
He ' found

woman on ,to I}(lr fect, WJtncse
his -;'-ilt.;;,/P;
to an old Indy who wa.a lying on the p(l.\cmcnt.
begged to be left ~Ione. Both' lrl omen w€re

flute, " cello

acious. The m'otor lorry W8S -elgli to ten feet
ttl6 footpath when It 8fo'ervcd. It. wlLa a iwlde
Imd over 801feet wide. It was a Wide
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Jenet ]0 t.o ]2 feet wide, Tho mqtor lorry
pooriah l:lmpsq one eacb side. in front . ., }le did
eco any other light. Tho driver !was perfectly

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Mr, Brain = He could hear the 'car coming
hundred yards off.
Dy It;Ir. Stallwood, : The 'car wn clght to te.n
from the kerb when It lswerved, He did not
the cause of tho 8~fldent: ~
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Ch:ule8 Hall, of Earley

Rlae,

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etnploy of Mel8rll. n. and G: ,simond.!J, aa d'ny'nol~.
!aid' he had been with t lje' firm cleven

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been motor d~lvlng_ six p:lOnths.' ,on
he ,was driving along Datb Road from N"w"u",
had not 0. v~liy"'hea~y l ~)ld, llnd knew the
H was a. very dadi: nl~ht. Just all 11 6 $::ot
.1 Oforge and Drngon'" be sounded his harD in
of anything coming up' Burgllficld Road.
nasBed the Burghfleld }Wad. w'hfeh was on his
he got along' twenty.l Y'araa further. when h'e
co~crefil some toot p~ssengeri!l. He could not
whether they "erc males or fe.ma1es. As soon '
be his light fell '~)D them he found I he was only
tvlo yards from them. Be
the ca r
avoid them, (but the near
t he car
on~ ,of lthem. As it ca.ug~t,
both . fell
wards the footpath. He bad
time to blow
horn again I)ccauso 116- whs
close
being only two yards off.
twelve miles, P:er bou,1":"
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per houI!. a steady speed Oil

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dltl()n, of. 1914. Accm'd)c, ~

152,OOQ ruiles of .,_...., '""'.
Is estimated

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Bon n ie Brae
Carnation

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carried twb side lights, and
hghta ' wcre In'... a proper date.
lights becl\uso, tlte1 werc not
The lights were the same
the car. ' He was In 8O~e
fint a'ppeared to ium to turn "0',, 1
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Wi~t }Vas approaching h·er. j
. y the Foreman: His lights
tI' n twp yards nod n Jhalf
we 6 no, ver,r plain theD.
narrow road whele Ulerc :' '.: __.",,"
By Mr. StalJwOCM!': Hil
hvo.oon lorricl!! for twelv.e
r he prese~t work. H6~ COUld
'Were , any .other \ brighter li.2bts
fhe W08 elgbt to ten feet from
emerg~ney going 14 milea per ,
.wlthln eight yards, which W[111
the lorry.
By Mr. Drain: The enr W8.l!J :l

construcllon after the

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reduced
blew hiaspeed
horn C~1~!~,'
Mrhen ::~:%'~:'~bl~~"':'II~:~.d ,.,va". ""p

The Moun.l report !
ttrms ~.hat must be
\\(1 shull have to Itpen~

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quite I (amilJar

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wltb it. As 'BOOn o.s he
put on the , brakes." lt he 'noan".,'we,vea
h:l.ve plI.Ited~ up IIOOner, but
"'poi,s! 11 nlng over lthe people.
of his eRr a. long way
anybOtly could bear... lt 3'1" ,O'm',
a. drivor was quite
~I!ntl!! an~ no sumDJ.onsea. ,

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tP.c: HbpsOn safd

when
,notlced. '.-t he logy had ~:-~, ':;";'''I-'',_'.i''
'''I''on__: would Dot be of, mueh
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tratmg too darkness, al.tb~J.h
by people approaching the
The nearest street lamp was
tol) and w.hite at the bottom and[ .,ave",,,,o,,'[y
";,,::;::~~H ii.l{ht. There was a wide "ootl)al~
d
file . road.
road. f The
TheredrIver
was
the
';l';'~I_ii,' :;,oll-1'c;:e~
u",,,,,,,,., The women wert: taken
on an ambulance.!
By MJ. StallwOOd: 81"on ••"
and it ~ould ha~e
such It. dark night.
nights in preference tp f();otp,.ll'o!.
on the car would 'not show
half yards. I
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By "ifr. B~ln : These lights ~1F..;'~,~,.~~~,\i
regulat'ions. but they cou~d use ~
than those in ,que!ltcloD.
Inr. C:lrra!Co, house surgeon
Hospital, spOke to ~he two
to tbe Institution on
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Ing. ,froR;! great shock nnd
5tat.e. Sbe bad fractures
find no in jury to the

subsequently
held, Deceased
when
of
the right hip.

petrol,
the usa of a
such business
Of moto~ spirit now
petrol required for
r.eSllrdlng tlltr
,askt;ld cOllcern1lng
no; one's ane or

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Injuries caused I)y dLrect
have been accelerated
By M" Stell wood , D;cea..;d·;~iIi

appearange at being run '
caul!IM by coming intco .

nOt
tb';;iri',~;i~

.The maiD dnjurles were very

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Allmg up torms '"O.-a<in,,'
60 minutely fl.lIed
One of the e.ffeets
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to the Coroner, '

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The Cofoner did
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