FIRE ENGINE’S NEW USE.
A MEMORABLE JOURNEY. A scarlet six-wheeled fire engine made a remarkable journey on the occasion of the recent snow-storms in England, across snow-covered country so that Mr W. R. Morris, the motor manufacturer, should reach SouthampAquitania for New York, which he didMr Morris, finding himself snowbound at his home at Huntercombe, near Henley-on-Thames, telephoned «> his works at Cowley, near Oxford, for the fire engine. With caterpillar tracks fitted on the four back wheels, the fire engine, driven by Mr A. E. Keen, che racing motorist, started off at 9 a.m. It carried nine firemen, some in uniform, and two mechanics. Several times the crew had to dig the fire engine out of the snow. At 2-30 p.m. ’t reached Mr Morris’ house, having covered the 16 i miles in hours. Mrs Morris, who rode on the engine to Henley, said: “We set < ff to Henley. On the engine were 23 people. We passed over fields and ditches. We caught the 4-20 p.m. train at Henley, six miles awav. Our arrival caused a sensation at Henley.”
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Matamata Record, Volume VI, Issue 232, 10 April 1928, Page 5
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