OVER EMBANKMENT.
CAR ROLLS 200 FEET. MIRACULOUS ESCAPES. MELBOURNE, Dec. 27. Six adults and an infant had miraculous escapes yesterday when a car plunged through a protecting rail on Outtriin Hill road and rolled 200 ft down the embankment on to the railway line. The car turned completely over three times, and breaking through the wire fence along the railway, came to rest on its four wheels on the railway line. The cccupants, all resident!! of Korumburra, were Jack O'Brien, his wife and infant, Michael Glceson, Percy Kenny, J. McGrath and J. C. Williamson. All the passengers, except Miss McGrath, who was holding Mrs O'Prien's baby, arid Mr Glceson, were thrown from the car. The infant was not hurt. The other occupants sustained slight bruises.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 1209, 6 January 1925, Page 6
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125OVER EMBANKMENT. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 1209, 6 January 1925, Page 6
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