ACCIDENT TO SERVICE CAR
TWO PASSENGERS INJURED AMBULANCE TRAVELS 140 MILES IN STORM [Per United Press Association.] GISBORNE, April 13. A Tiniroto service car was pushed over a ,100 ft drop by a passing truck on a slippery road. Two of the five passengers were injured and brought to the hospital in Gisborne. Mrs R. E. Barton, of Ruakituri, suffered a badly crushed leg, and Raki Mauku head injuries. The ambulance- travelled 140 miles through a storm and torrential rain, taking a circuitous rout via Wairoa to avoid tho road rendered impassable by rain. It traversed flooded roads and through slips over a hill route. The night ingil from the south has not yet arrived, the track haying been blocked
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Evening Star, Issue 22004, 13 April 1935, Page 15
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120ACCIDENT TO SERVICE CAR Evening Star, Issue 22004, 13 April 1935, Page 15
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