CAR OVER BANK.
OCCUPANT’S NARROW ESCAPE. Per Press Association. TAUMARUNUI, Jan. 19. A .motor car containing fivo people wont over a steep bank and fell nearly sixty feet at Tenon ra, near Ongarue, at 4.30 this afternoon. The occupants, Mr and Mrs Longden, their two children, and Mrs T. Brake, had a miraculous escape from death. Mrs Longden suffered injuries to a leg, necessitating removal to the Taumarunui Hospital, but otherwise was not seriously hurt. The other occupants escaped with bruises, minor cuts, and a severe shaking. Tho car, which somersaulted two or three times, was badly damaged.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 43, 20 January 1926, Page 7
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98CAR OVER BANK. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 43, 20 January 1926, Page 7
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