MOTORING ACCIDENT
ROYAL COUPLE INVOLVED. HORSES CRASH INTO CAR. Reuter’s Telegram. LONDON, October 12. The Duke and Duchess of York, while motoring to the Guildhall from Richmond to attend the conferring of the Freedom of the City on the Premiers, was involved in an alarming collision at Fulham. The horses in a brewer’s dray bolted and dashed into the Royal car, smashing a glass, panel alongside the Duke, but without injuring tho occupants. The impact smashed a shaft cf the dray. A bystander seized the reins rnd prevented further damage. The Duke alighted and assisted a policeman to take notes of the details of the accident.
The Duchess, startled by the collision], peered anxiously from the window, but, reassured by the Duke, resumed her seat, and the car drove off.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11650, 15 October 1923, Page 7
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