CAR CAPSIZES AND EXPLODES.
PASSENGERS' LUCKY ESCAPE.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) (Received 10.45 a.m.) Gore, this day.
When Mr P. Hailes of Balfour, was driving home by car last night a rear tyre burst and the application of the brakes caused a capsize. The six people aboard scrambled out, and immediately afterwards the car which was a Chryssler six exploded. The fire following reduced the machine to ashes. " All the passengers escaped uninjured.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXI, Issue 2261, 22 April 1926, Page 5
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72CAR CAPSIZES AND EXPLODES. King Country Chronicle, Volume XXI, Issue 2261, 22 April 1926, Page 5
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