Suva Bus And Private Car
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In Fatal Smash
Prom Our Own Correspondent SUVA, June 1 IN Suva’s worst street smash for many months, a heavy bus crashed head on into a light car in Rod well Road, on May 22, carried it across
the street and battered it against the Pacific Biscuit Co.’s fence.
The occupants of the car, Mr. S. Weatherby, of the staff of Morris, Hed strom, Ltd., and his wife, were very seriously injured.
Mrs. Weatherby died a few hours later.
The bus driver, an In dian named Mera, was ar rested. charged with man slaughter and remanded on bail.
Seven Fijian seamen ar rived in Sydney by flying boat in April. They will man the 66-ft. launch ‘Bina,” which belongs to the Western Pacific High Commission, when she leaves for Suva. Fiji.
The bus and car after the accident. -Photo by Caine’s Studios.