A curious motor accident happened on Sunday evening in Oxford terrace, near the Foresters’ Hotel (says tho “Christchurch Press”). The car was running along the roadway at a smart pace, when suddenly the wheels became locked in some way, the result being that the car charged through the fence guarding the river bank, down the bank and into the river. B.v means of block and tackle and a squad of men tho car was hoisted out again. There was only the driver on board when the mishap occurred, and he fell into tbe water
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 3943, 28 May 1913, Page 6
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