James Cunningham, great grandfather of the actor Russell Crowe, died in a fire in 1915. News articles reported that he had suffered a fractured skull as the result of a motorcycle accident in 1914 and had suffered ill effects ever since. I find it very interesting that he owned a motorcycle when they must not have been common. It was quite likely an Indian Motorcycle. Motorcycles began to appear in New Zealand in the early 1900s and several reports of accidents appear in the newspapers of that era. James left a wife and six children behind.
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Very interesting, but so tragic. Such a freak group of events.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.