OVER A CLIFF.
[Fef. Pb.f.ss Association.j AUCKLAND, January IS. A miraculous escape from serious injury look place yesterday forenoon, when a party of Aucklanders motoring from Cornwallis to New Lynn' were thrown over a cliff. The car was being driven by the owner, Mr Arthur Thode, of Thorne Bros., who bad been holidaymaking at Cornwallis, and "was returning home. Shortly after setting out the vehicle got out of control, and before anything could be done it dashed over a high cliff at the side of the road. The car turned three somersaults before crashing to the ground below . Thode and his two companions, Messrs Frank Needham and Hunter, were hurled into the air, fortunately all of them falling clear of the motor-car, which was wrecked. None of the occupants had any bones broken,. but all of them were badly bruised and suffered from shock. They were brought to Auckland later in the day.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16329, 19 January 1921, Page 3
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153OVER A CLIFF. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16329, 19 January 1921, Page 3
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