MOTORING IN SIBERIA.

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 12015, 16 August 1907, Page 4

MOTORING IN SIBERIA.

A rfemarkable acoident befelioneof the cars competing in the .Pekin* Paris race while crossing one of the Siberian bridges. The fore part of the automobile was already half-way over the bridge when suddenly there was a terrifying crash. The floor of |the bridge gave way beneath the weight of the hinder part of tbe car,, which sank downwards. A moment later' the car and its occupants plunged v into, tho torrebt below. • „ ' From the beams of the shattered brigde an incline plane from the bed of the river to the edge of the road was built. Hauling cautiously at the rope, the motor was placed upon its wheels, and then drawn up the inclined plane on to the road. The salvage work lasted three hours. The car was none the worse for its adventure. '