FAMILY'S ESCAPE
CAR FALLS INTO RIVER WOMAN SERIOUSLY HURT (0.c.) TE KUITI, Friday When a car capsized; over a bank into the flooded Mangaotaki River, five miles south'of Piopio, and became submerged, a man and nis wife and their five.children had a narrow escape, just managing to get clear. The mother, Mrs Herbert Sims, of Ongarue. suffered chest injuries, bruises and shock and her condition is serious. The eldest daughter, Dorothy Sims, aged 13, suffered a minor eye injiirv. Both were admitted to the Te Ktiiti" Hospital. Mr Sims and the remaining four children were unhurt. The children's ages ranged from to 14 years. All except the youngest were orood swimmers. The youngest was rescued by one of the older children. Ihe car was overturned and washed downstream for 100 yards.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25177, 14 April 1945, Page 6
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