PARTY'S LUCKY ESCAPE.
CAR FALLS 200 FEET.
Per Press Association
NEW PLYMOUTH, April 6.
An Auckland party returning from a trip to Taranaki met with an accident at Nit. Messenger this afternoon, which resulted in tlie loss by fire of the car and a narrow escape for the driver, Mr S. Ringer. The party were in a big touring car, and on climbing one of the steep sections of the New Plymouth side of tho mountain, flames were seen issuing from the car. Two of the occupants (Mr L. Hardley, the owner, and Mr F. Reid) jumped out. Mr Ringer put on the emergency brake, which, however, would not hold, and the car started to go down the hill. Mr Ringer managed to jump clear, and the car went hurtling down to the bottom ol the valley, a sheer drop of 200 feet. With it went all the luggage. The car was completely destroyed. The party were afterwards brought into town by a service bus.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 108, 7 April 1926, Page 7
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