MOTOR CAR ACCIDENT
AN EMBANKMENT SMASPI. (United Peess Association.) GORE, This Day. A narrow escape cf a serious motor car accident occurred near McNab last night. The County Council is" reconstructing a small bridge over the main road, and there is an excavation 10 feet wide and six feet deep, only shown by a single oil lamp on the Gore side of the excavation: Gilbert Wise, a local denti;-t, was returning from Dunedin by motor car, with Hood, another denti t, at 9.30 p.m., and dashed into the excavation, with the result that Hood was thrown through the wind ;.hield and severely cut- and bruised. Wise retained his seat, but received severe bruises. In connection with the- motor car accident. Wise, the owner of the car, intends proceeding against the Southland County Council "for damages.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 4 March 1914, Page 6
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