MOTOR-CAR WRECKED.
CRASH INTO A POLE. OCCUPANTS' LUCKY ESCAPE. The four occupants of a fchree-seater touring motor-car had a fortunate escape when, the vehicle crashed into a telegraph polo at Papakura on Saturday evening and was completely wrecked. The driver, Mr. Henry Pitcher, of Paremoremo, was slightly cut by flying glass, but he was ! the only one hurt. Hi© car, which was travelling from Auckland to Hamilton, was driven oil the concrete to allow another vehicle to pass and skidded on the soft surface at the side of the road. It struck the pole with considerable force, portions of the wrecked vehicle being scattered over the road,.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20911, 29 June 1931, Page 8
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107MOTOR-CAR WRECKED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20911, 29 June 1931, Page 8
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