ALARMING EXPERIENCE
DOCTOR’S NARROW ESCAPE,
NEW PLYMOUTH, This Day. Dr. E. F. Fookes and a taxi driver, Harvey Johnson, had an alarming experience shortly after midnight when returning to New Plymouth from a call to the country.;’ The car was about to cross the Waiongona stream bridge, 8 miles from New Plymouth, when the filling at the approach collapsed and the car was flung bodily into the stream which was racing high in flood. The large car fell sideways and was almost completely submerged, trapping the occupants. . 1 The driver managed to open a side door which was facing upwards and scramble out. He then assisted Dr. Fookes who had a narrow escape from drowning. „ ~14. Both men suffered from shock but were able to reach a farmhouse and call a second car from town. (P.A.)
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 22 February 1935, Page 5
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