J A Gve-soater Dart motor car belonging I to tho Invercargill Tourist Company sua- | denly burst into flames on Monday, 7th inst. j (reports the Southland News). The engine ; seemed t-o have caught firo underneath. Considerable darnago was done, the body of the car being completely destroyed and two tyres burnt. Tho force of a galo howling past the troopers' memorial at 11.45 p.m. on the Ist instant was such as to catch a fivoReater Ford motor car and turn it turtle (sayg tho Southland Times). Fortunately, none pi the occupants was injured.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3331, 16 January 1918, Page 22
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