MOTORISTS' MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
AUCKLAND. January 18. A miraculous escape from serious injury took place yesterday forenoon when a party of Aucklanders motoring from Cornwallis to New Lynn were thrown over a cliff. The car was being driven by the owner, Mr Arthur Thode, of Thode Bros., who had been spending a holiday at Cornwallis, and was returning home. Shortly after setting out the car got out of control, and. before anything could be done, it dashed over a high cliff at the side of the road. The car turned three somersaults before crashing to the ground below. Mr Thode and his two companions, Messrs Frank Needham and Hunter, were hurled into the air, fortunately all of them falling clear of the motor car, which was wrecked. None of the occupants had any bones broken, but all of them were badly bruised and suffered from shock. They were brought to Auckland later in the day.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3489, 25 January 1921, Page 51
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