MOTOR-BUS DAMAGED.
(PBS3S ASSOCIATION TELBOJUU.)
AUCKLAND, November 13. An unusual accident occurred in Wellesley street oast to-night, when a motor-bus ascending a.hill ran out of petrol, with a result that it- began to run backwards owing to tho brakes failing to act. The driver, bearing m mind the recent tramway smash at the S of the hUI. and steering an erratic course managed to turaVthe bus into Sd street, when it m o«r the fwtpath, becoming wedged between a lamp-post and a building at the corner If Lrne street. There were about of tber 'bus, aU but one SmSg wt. All escaped injury, Lut thf rear of tho bad '- v buckled.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18230, 14 November 1924, Page 12
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111MOTOR-BUS DAMAGED. Press, Volume LX, Issue 18230, 14 November 1924, Page 12
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