DOWN A MOUNTAIN SIDE.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 46, 7 February 1912, Page 2

DOWN A MOUNTAIN SIDE.

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SENSATIONAL lIHIE. Sydney. Fell. 1. A motor car from Wagga to Yarrangobili’y Caves had a sensational misadventure on Thursday. The party consisted of Air. John Jeremy and his son, Mr. G. A. Stinson and Mr. Holden, the driver of, the car. A’Vhen they had got within a mile Of the top of Taibingo Mountain something went wrong with the engine, and the car shopped. It wmdecided to camp there for the night In the .morning, the trouble having been rectified, a start was- made on the return down the mountain.

After going some distance it ">.is found with dismay that neither u.v hand nor the foot brake would ari. Meanwhile the car was gathering momentum. With still about t 1 rm miles of a precipitous decline (■■■ cover the car was travelling at a terrific speed. The road down ttie mountain is only wide enough for one vehicle to pass another, and it has numerous sharp curves and zigzags. On one si,de is a wall of rough rock, and on the other'hundreds” of feet c-f sheer precipiqc. Down this perilous road the car rushed with terrific velocity, the only thing the driver could do being to strain his eyes on the path and keep a steady grip on the steering wheel.

As the car rocked and jumped in its terrible descent some of the turns were only negotiated with inches to spare, and the whole party expected to be whirled . at any moment to death.

As the slope of the gorge became less steep the driver determined to turn the car over the side at thp most promising place. After four miles travelling at a terrible speed tile car was turned over the side of the gorge where it begins to slope, and. with a drop of seven or eight feet it toppled over. The whole of the party were thrown clear. The driver and young Jeremy escaped uninjured, but Air. Jeremy, senr.,- was rendered unconscious, suffering from severe bruises and shock. Mr. Stinson was also considerably knocked about, but was not. seriously hurt. Mr. Holden walked to the nearest ho tel. and met Mr. M'Qneen, of I-lenty, who went in his motor car to the assistance of the party, and conveyed them to the hotel.