MOTOR CAR WHICH SKIDDED.
■■ ■ ■ ; i [BY TELEGRAPH. OWN CORRESPONDENT.] 1 ;■'■"• ."'■'• I Gisboene, Wednesday.- ; While returning from town in his motor car last evening, after the close of a J public meeting, Dr. J. C. Collins bad the | misfortune to meet with a, painful aoei- 1 dent. - The car, in negotiating the corner jj turning from the bridge into Read's Quay, in the direction of Messrs. Red- < stones, and Sons' stables, skidded, owing \ to the greasy nature of the road, th« 1 wheels on the off side colliding wills th« -' wooden kerbing The spokes were smashed and the force of the impact caused th« occupant to the thrown heavily against I the steering wheel, and then pitched backwards into the back of the car, where he ! lay, suffering much pain, for about 20 j minutes. Dr. Collins has now practically recovered from his severe shaking. .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14047, 29 April 1909, Page 4
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MOTOR CAR WHICH SKIDDED.
New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14047, 29 April 1909, Page 4
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