The Archive · 1938

FOREIGN COUPLES

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Four Taken to Hospital After Car Accident Four foreigners are lying in the Country Hospital as a result of a motor car accident which occurred in Great Western Road, near Columbia Road, at about 10.30 o'clock last night.

The foreigners, Mr, J, Clu Rivau, manager of Hongay Sales, Ltd., and Mrs, Clu Rivau, together with Mr. and Mrs, Kleinoff, were travelling in a Renault closed car n a western direction when the car crashed heat on into a tree on the left side of the street not far from the Columbia Road cro:

In the impact, Mr. Clu Rivau, who was at the wheel, and Mrs. Clu Rivau, who was in the front seat, were both thrown out of the vehicle. The car was bounced back almost to the opposite side of the street. Although the front safety bar was twisted, the car was not seriously damaged, all window panes remaining intact.

Dr. T. B. Dunn, who attended the two couples, reported that hey are not in a serious condition. All are suffering from cuts in the scalp while Mrs, Clu Rivau has a broken arm.

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