A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. The two occupants of this motor car, which was completely cut in two recently in Auckland, had an almost miraculous escape. Mr W. R. Stevenson was driving the car, his father, Mr A. Stevenson, being in the rear seat, and when travelling up Symonds Street the driver turned to cross to the other side of the road. A city-bound tram car caught the motor vehicle and jammed it against a centre pole, wrecking it entirely and cutting it in halves. Mr Stevenson, who was caught under the hood, was extricated with some difficulty after the car had been jacked up, and was found to be uninjured, though badly shaken. The son was not so fortunate, sustaining cuts on his arm and left side of the head.

Otago Witness, Issue 3768, 1 June 1926, Page 44

A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. The two occupants of this motor car, which was completely cut in two recently in Auckland, had an almost miraculous escape. Mr W. R. Stevenson was driving the car, his father, Mr A. Stevenson, being in the rear seat, and when travelling up Symonds Street the driver turned to cross to the other side of the road. A city-bound tram car caught the motor vehicle and jammed it against a centre pole, wrecking it entirely and cutting it in halves. Mr Stevenson, who was caught under the hood, was extricated with some difficulty after the car had been jacked up, and was found to be uninjured, though badly shaken. The son was not so fortunate, sustaining cuts on his arm and left side of the head.