A NARROW ESCAPE
MOTOR CYCLIST'S CALL x
COLLAPSE OF FRONT WHEEL
While travelling home to Taneatua, a motor cyclist experienced a very narrow escape from serious injury. He estimates his speed at approximatclj r 50 miles per hour, when the front fork of his machine collapsed releasing the Avheel and sending- the body forward on the bitumen balanced only on the frame The rider turned a complete somersault and landed on his feet running. He escaped without a scratch.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 104, 29 December 1939, Page 5
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79A NARROW ESCAPE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 104, 29 December 1939, Page 5
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