JUVENILE PRECOCITY.
BOY’S FREAK WRECKS TWO CAR'S. “Sure I can drive a machine —you watch,” said four-year-old Willie Earwood, of San Francisco, to two companions of his own age a few weeks ago. He “borrowed” the ear of Mr W. Brittain, and kicked on the starter. The ear leaped across the street, crashed into a garage, wrecked Mr Brittain’s car arid another machine, and startled the entire neighborhood. A message was telephoned to police headquarters and when the constables responded, they found Willie tryiifg to hack out of the. wreckage, but still at the wheel. “Well, anyway, 1 drove it,” said; Willie, when the police look him home.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16895, 27 November 1925, Page 5
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