CAR INTO HARBOUR
OCCUPANTS ESCAPE
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
' AUCKLAND, December 16. A motor-ear fell into tie harbour at about one o'clock this morning, and the occupants, two men and two women, had a narrow escape from serious iniury. The motor-car nearly fell on to a launch which was moored at the wharf, the vehicle striking the stern of the launch a slanting blow as it fell into the water. . . . The occupants of the car got clear as it sank, and they then clung to a rope hanging from the wharf. Their erie 3 for assistance were heard by Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Niven, who live on the launch Waiomo anchored nearby. On hearing the cries Mr. ana Mrs. Niven immediately got into the Waiomo's dinghy and rowed to where the distressed cries were coming from. They helped the four people into the !dinghy ; and took them to the wharf isteps..- ••....-'.•....-■,.0--. . ! The people then obtained 8 itaxi cab and left for their homes. The 'identity, of the four* is not yet known. The car! is.i-stiHS at.the bottom of the harbour; and will probaWy be recovered by a dive* and the Harbour Board's transport punt tomorrow morning.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 145, 17 December 1934, Page 19
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197CAR INTO HARBOUR Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 145, 17 December 1934, Page 19
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