CAR IN PICTON HARBOUR
(Special to the "Evening Post.' 1) ■ 1; BLENHEIM, ■: This. Day,
A sensational mishap involving Xhe ! sudden plunge of a 'large; car into ;4he waters of Pictbn, Harbour occurred yesterday morning^ SiAh: elderly lady, Mrs. B.f Lissamanr seated;;in ; the rear k>t the vehicle when it s commenced) its run down: the slope>at^he reari-bf-the launch jetties,' was;-iortunately s :^ble [to scramble / out >and/ was -pulled- to safety before the^c^ of the seawall^ ;} .. ''
; :Tfte yehicle'-:-.came;*tofrest;;' : oihi;::i:;;its wheels in ten feet iof^wateriX tide it was: secured iso a; piintCand: at full: tide^was tpwe:d,>o3: :and^;^ra||ed back to land/.-■:■ ;The ■;',QnlyHdamage.: it sustained was a complete soaking.: The car is .owned by Mr. Frank Pigott, of Welliriston. - i :
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 1, 2 January 1941, Page 9
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116CAR IN PICTON HARBOUR Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 1, 2 January 1941, Page 9
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