Killed In Bulolo Gorge

Car Accident in New Guinea

A WELL-KNOWN and popular resident of the goldfields district of New Guinea, Mrs. Keith Murray, was killed, and her husband and another man very seriously injured, in a car accident in the Bulolo Gorge about daylight on Sunday, October 8.

They had been at a dance in Wau and were returning home through the Bulolo Gorge in a car owned by the Morobe Motor and Engineering Co. The car left the road at one of the many dangerous bends in the gorge, where there is a drop of about 300 feet into deep water. The car fell onto a ledge, about 100 feet down, and then bounced off into the river.

Some hours elapsed before help was obtained and, by that time, Mrs. Murray had completely disappeared. It is pre sumed that she was seriously injured, and probably killed, and that her body was carried away in the deep water. Her husband and Mr. Syd. Cook were seriously injured and Mr. M. Hawke was slightly injured. The driver of the car*Mr. Price was also severely hurt. All the injured were taken to Wau hospital.

A search for Mrs. Murray’s body was continued for some days, and it was found on the following Thursday, some distance further down the river.

Mr. A. J. Carew defeated Mr. R. C.

Forster in the final of the Fiji Golf Club’s Championship in October, by 3 and 2, over 36 holes.