FIRE ENGINE SKIDS IN CITY
MAN STRUCK BY THE LADDER.
TURNING CAR CAUSES ACCIDENT.
By Telegraph—Press Association.
Wellington, Last Night.
An engine from the central fire station going along Featherston Street tonight in answer to a call from a street box tried to avoid a collision with a motor-car which suddenly turned in front and the ladder of the engine struct J. McSperrin in the stomach. Mr. McSperrin, a waterside worker, is believed to have been standing on the pavement when struck.. He was taken to the public hospital suffering internal haemorThe engine was travelling at 30 miles an hour at the time and when the brakes were applied turned completely round. The motor-car apparently was not struck.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 April 1933, Page 6
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