MOTOR-CAR OVERTURNS
MAN HAS TWO FINGERS CUT OFF By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, November 23. A motor-car overturned on loose shingle on the road at Okain’s Bay, Banks Peninsula, yesterday. Desmond John Pidgeon, son of the owner, was the driver of the car. W. L. Pidgeon received serious injury. He sustained a deep cut on the head, and two fingers were cut off. He may also lose his thumb. Only bruises and shock were suffered by the two other passengers. Mr. Pidgeon had his hands cut in breaking the windows to extricate his family. Mrs. Pidgeon suffered badly from shock, nnd one of her stockings was burnt off by acid from the batterjf
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 52, 25 November 1929, Page 10
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