Accident in Gorge
CAR HITS TELEGRAPH POLE While returning home from New Plymouth early on Monday morning, Mr A. South, of Pahiatua, had the misfortune to striko a telegraph pole in the Manawatu gorge. Mrs South, who was a passenger, received rather a severe blow on the side of the head which necessitated medical attention at her home later in the morning, when her condition was reported to be not serious.
Mr South, who luckily escaped without injury, when speaking to a “Times” representative, said that visibility was poor at the time of the accident, and that he considered he and his wife were fortunate in that the accident did not have more serious consequences. \ , The car, although badly knocked about, was able to proceed into .town under its own power.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 47, 26 February 1936, Page 2
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