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ELECTRIC EPISODES MOTORIST’S CLOSE CALL (From Our Own Correspondent.J OPOTIKI, To-day. flew on a country road on Wednesday night. S. Shapley, plumber, of Whakatane, was about to drive a car on to the Waioeka Bridge when the lights failed and the car crashed into an electric light pole, smashing the pole and bringing down the electric The driver escaped uninjured, but the car was badly damaged. On alighting from the car Mr. Shapley stepped on a live electric wire and although there was a terrific flash once again he escaped injury.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 85, 1 July 1927, Page 1
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