100-FOOT DROP
SERVICE-CAR SMASH
TWO PASSENGERS INJURED
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
GISBORNE, This Day.
A Tiniroto service-car left the road and fell over a 100 feet drop after coming into collision with a passing truck on a slippery/road. Two of the five passengers were.injured and were brought to; hospital in Gisbbrne. Mrs. R. E. Barton (Ruakituri) suffered a badly crushed leg, and Raki Mauku head injuries.
An ambulance travelled 140 miles through a storm in torrential rain, taking a circuitous, route via Wairoa to avoid the main road, which was rendered impassable by the rain, and traversed flooded roads over a hill route.
The night mail from the'south has not yet arrived, the truck having been blocked by slips. _^__
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 88, 13 April 1935, Page 11
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118100-FOOT DROP Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 88, 13 April 1935, Page 11
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