MOTOR CAR ACCIDENT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XVIII, Issue XVIII, 23 October 1912, Page 8

MOTOR CAR ACCIDENT.

PATEA RESIDENTS

[By Telegraph—Special to Star.l WELLINGTON, Oct. 22.

Late yesterday a motor car accident occurred at Paekakariki to Mr and Mrs Grainger, who are residents of Patea, and were motoring through to Wellington. When on the Paekakariki Hill the pin attached ,to the steering gear broke, with the result that Mr Grainger lost control, and the car ran over a siding from 30 to 40 feet deep, pinning both Mr and Mrs Grainger underneath the vehicle. Fortunately, Mr Saville, who passed by immediately after the accident, heard cries for help, and went back to the hotel for assistance. Mr and Mrs Grainger were extricated from their awkward predicament, the former escaping with a severe shaking, but the latter was scarcely so fortunate, being badly bruised about the head and legs. After receiving every attention at the hotel Mr and Mrs Grainger came on to Wellington, and to-day the mechanics are engaged in getting the car back on to the road.