LADY DUDLEY'S MOTOR ACCIDENT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10781, 1 June 1911, Page 4

LADY DUDLEY'S MOTOR ACCIDENT.

" A NARROW "ESCAPE. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.) Received May 31, at 8.40 p.m. ■ : ' ; . Sydney, May 31. ; - Lady Dudley was slightly bruised' and shaken as the result of a motor accident, and her escape, was sensational. She was taking her daily drive in a 50 horse-power Daimler car. The chaufifeur was the only other occupant. He attempted to cross between two cars running in .opposite directions, under the impression that one was about to stop at a . non-stop street. Realising that a collision was inevitable, the chauffeur .swung the car partially round ■'between the trams. The drivers eased the speed, but the car struck one tram smartly, and the other tram jammed the car and splintered the glass and woodwork, scattering them over Lady Dudley, who showed great coolness and nerve in her perilous position. She declared she was unhurt, and considered the accident unavoidable. Lady Dudley returned to Government House in a cab.

■ - But, for the chauffeur's prompt action in swinging the car and the trams slowing down, the car must have been cut in two. The windows and woodwork were smashed, but otherwise the damage was not serious.