MOTORISTS’ ORDEAL
TRAPPED IN CAPSIZED CAR. BENZINE IGNITED BY MATCH. OxNE Al AN’B CONDITION SERIOUS. KAITAIA, June 255. Imprisoned in a burning motor car on the beach about two miles from Mango-; nui at a late hour last night, Alessrs C. | I’ovey and B. Kitchen had a narrow escape from death, and are now in hospi tai. The two men were returning from Mangonui to Pcria in a sedan car. When they were about two miles from Alangonui the car went over a small bridge and landed upside down on the beach in the rising tide. The occupants were imprisoned in the ear, and one of them lighted a match to see how to get out. Benzine had been leaking and suddenly the car became a mass of flames. Luckily the men were able to get through a hole in the floor and escape, but were badly burned about tho face, arms and body. Air Povey suffered very seriously. They walked in a dazed state to Alangonui and were taken to hospital. Air Povey’s condition is serious.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 150, 27 June 1931, Page 7
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