MOTORING MISHAP.
COLLAPSE OF A WHEEL. '-■ j[BT TKUEGBAPEL— COBJtESPONBffNT^J • .••;';" WKANGAIiEI." Tuesday, A motor, accident ''occurred .oh'\ Mc- . Donald's Hill, near Kamo, at a late hour -- - last evening to 1 -a ear owned and driven by Mr. Stanley ; Bend nail, Mr. Harry. Parris was also in the car when the acci* dent occurred; ~ .- '•/■■■ The motor was being driven at a reasonable speed. down.-the hill The. drive* . ; ; endeavoured to turn the corner^when the jp" steerug gear failed to act, and the strain ■. caused a ; front wheelt 'to ; collapse. The >'• car. skidded 'round and crashed "into a telegraph > : , pole, i the force ,bf the impact _ breaking the heavy J timber -in/ two and causing the wires to part. Neither occu- o pant : was j thrown 1 out;' and • the i owner was ":;■': a lucky"to escape with a bump on the head :' and a bruise .on .the" thi?h. Mr. Parris', j in addition to cut on the face, suffered, ! an' injury r to 4 his leg, : which necessitated , i attention by a • doctor to-day. '. The axlo.of the par v and the crank case were both considerably damaged, but -not /■".- :■.) beyond I repair,'" although ; the : machine ' can '■■;■: o hot be Vmoved, pending 1 partial repairs •-'; being effected on the roadside.' • ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18520, 3 October 1923, Page 8
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