MISHAPS TO MOTORS.
MAIL BUS DESTROYED BY FIRE. (PHESS ASSOCIATION TELZGRAH3,) . HASTINGS, November 21. A motor mail bus, owned by Graham and Gibbie, of Hastings, -while endeavouring yesterday to- pass a load of •wool at a sharp bend on the road to Whana, went off the highway over a small declino and,upset. It burst into flames and v/a3 destroyed. The car was insured for £.300, but was valued at £I2OO. There were no passengers m tho bus, and tJ-. mail was saved. . . , The firm had a, similar misfortune last week, when one of Us motor lorries was burnt at Crownthorpe. It was insured- for only £4OO. GISBORNE, November _L \ motor-ear on the Otoko Hill skidded and went over the " de - i, fell 500 feet, but tho occupants, Mr 0. Thomas and his son, were thrown out during the descent ■* P miraculously with a severe s a an & .
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18237, 22 November 1924, Page 15
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147MISHAPS TO MOTORS. Press, Volume LX, Issue 18237, 22 November 1924, Page 15
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