A PHANTOM LORRY
WEIRD STORIES -IN CHESHIRE. ACCIDENTS ON LONELY ROAD. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.) LONDON, February 20.. Considerable attention ia focussed on a well-made and straight but lonely stretch of road near Hyde (Cheshire), which is the centre of weird stories concerning a phantom lorry, said to be responsible for a variety of accidents. Attention was first drawn to the matter when an inquest was held into the death, of a pillion rider on a motor cycle after an accident which occurred at this epot. The driver, who recovered from his injuries, gave evidence that a heavy lorry suddenly appeared on the road from nowhere. The corcmer) and the Jury listened' attentively, because it is .stated that 18 unaccountable accidents at the same spot within the past 18 months have not been cleared up. The coroner suggested that the jury might go there at midnight. Curiously enough, another car crashed into a hedge at the same spot to-day. ■ - The licensee of a lonely inn nearby speaks of unaccountable noises at night time. The occupants of the only nearby cottage are leaving. They say that their dog often dashed out on hearing sounds but returned cowed and trembling.
Four people were knocked down on the footpath, yet a car passing did not mount the footpath.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20958, 22 February 1930, Page 13
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218A PHANTOM LORRY Otago Daily Times, Issue 20958, 22 February 1930, Page 13
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