MOTOR-CAR MISHAPS
SMASHES NEAR GISBORNE "1 TWO DOCTORS INJURED “ [ Per Press Association. ] GISBORNE, Sept. 26. In attempting to avoid another car in the Waikare Gorge on the NapierGisborne road last night, a car driven by Dr. Bowie of Gisborne, with Mr J. B. Kells of Gisborne as a passenger, skidded in loose shingle and somersaulted three times over a bank. Dr. Bowie sustained a dislocated shoulder and had several ribs broken and was driven by Mr Kells on to Wairoa. Two Waihi motorists, Dr. Barraclough and Mr Clark, a solicitor, had a marvellous escape from death on tho Opo-tiki-Gisborne road early this afternoon. When about 15 miles past Toatoa, and nearing Motu, their car left the road and fell 200 feet down a gorge. Mr Clark clambered up and met a roadman. They brought up Dr. Barraclough. Mr Clark sustained only abrasions, but Dr. Barraclough received severe head injuries and is being brought on to Gisborne.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 229, 28 September 1931, Page 8
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