MOTOR ACCIDENT
ON THE OAKTERTON IIoAD
A motor-car accident, attended with considerable damage, occurred on the Masterton-Carterton road on Monday afternoon. A two-seater car driven by a Mr Collins, of Palmers ton, had just passed over the Waingawa bridge when it encountered a mob of sheep and pulled up suddenly. A twoseated driven by Mr Wynn Bond, auctioneer for Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co., was immediately behind. Mr Bond applied his brakes, but could not pull up hiß car, which crashed into the rear of Mr Collins' machine. The benzine tank on the latter was smashed to pieces, a spare wheel was destroyed, and the back of the car was more or less damaged. The radiator of Mr Bond's car was severely damaged, the wind-screen broken, and other parts injured. Mr Bond also sustained a severe cut on tli hand through contact with flying glass.
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Wairarapa Age, 12 August 1919, Page 5
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