MOTOR STRIKES A FENCE.
STEERING GEAR FAILS. V
OCCUPANT SEVERELY- INJURED. ' [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] 1 ' ■ ' . CAMBRIDGE. Saturday. 1 ; A motor accident a occurred at three j o'clock' this afternoon at tha foot o? s' the Duke Street hill in Cambridge, a car containing Mr. - Robert * Edmeades, a visitor to Cambridge' Jrora Wades town,;, Wellington, an: elderly lady ■ and ' another • • iady, also the;. driver, Mr. ;; G. F. Braithwaite, ;a' brdther-in-law of Mr. Edmeades, crashed : into .a; fence at' the' side of the. road, owing to the steering gear fail- .... ingH#'>■' " '?& , The two ladies were thrown down ' a bank Bft. in height on to a pile of•- tim- * ber. ■** : Fortunately ] they escaped with,, . minor bruises. Mr. Edmeade.3, who was . in the front seat, was pinned in the -seat, and< ,lias apparently suffered severe in- ; juries to his back. He was carried to a private hospital, where •he now... lies. Although conscious, his body is in a j,. paralysed : condition ■ The extent of hie ; injuries has not been ascertained., .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18322, 12 February 1923, Page 7
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