MOTORIST'S ESCAPE.
SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL. ACCIDENT AT BROOKLANDS. LONDON, April 6. Sir Malcolm Campbell had a narrow escape from a fatal accident at the Easter races ai; Brooklands in a handicap event, in which 15 competitors took part. Afterwards the noted driver said he supposed his good luck had held. Certainly it was one of his worst experiences. Sir Malcolm was driving his own Bugatti, which was doing 100 miles an hour. Ho had braked down to take a bend when tho track rod holding the front wheels in position broke with a terrific crash and tore out the spokes of ono wheel. The other wheel jammed and tho Bugatti zig-zagged wildly. Thousands of spectators breathlessly watched Sir Malcolm as ho desperately fought to keep his car on tho track, one sido of which was a high bank, to fall over which meant almost certain death. On the other side crowds of people packed tho rails.
Tho car careered perilously for at least half a minute and then Sir Malcolm, with a terrific effort, regained control. He alighted cool and collected, but said ho did not know how ho had managed to hold the car on the track. It was a 'ghastly experience.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20842, 8 April 1931, Page 9
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