CAR SMASH ON POLE
VIOLENT SOOKBURN CR ASH ONE OF THREE MEN HURT (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 27. A, spectacular motor smash occurred on the Main South Road at Sockburn early this morning when a five-seater car coming from the city failed to take a corner and violently crashed oil a power pole. The force of the impact carried away the front of the car, smashed the chassis and left one headlain]) embedded in the woodwork under the screen. The car finally rested with its rear- wheels on top of a liedge and the front wheels high up against the pole, so that it was possible to walk underneath.
The electric lines broke, but the occupants miraculously escaped death. T. Hamilton, of Riccarton, suffered head injuries and a fractured leg and was sent to hospital. His condition is not serious. S. Borton, of Opawa (the driver) and Clarence Burt, of Addington, were treated as outpatients and discharged.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 27 September 1933, Page 9
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158CAR SMASH ON POLE Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 27 September 1933, Page 9
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