EXCITING MOTOR RIDE.
ENGINE CUT OFF IN THE OTIRA GORGE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.! Ghristchurch, January 12. A Christchureh party of six, including a, medico and three ladies, who motored over to tho West Coast, had nn exciting experience on their return journey. While coming down tho Otira Gorgo on this side, at ono of tho steepest pinches, a bolt gave way, and disconnected the engine l'rom control. The car began to whirl down tho steep road with a sheer drop on one side and a bushy bank on tlio other, almost instantly attaining a speed set down at something like 100 miles an hour. The'chauffeur's only control was of tlio steering wheel, and seeing in a flash the only alternative to a plungo of 30 feet., ho turned tho car into the Imsli. It was badly smashed up, but the occupants escaped injury.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1956, 13 January 1914, Page 7
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143EXCITING MOTOR RIDE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1956, 13 January 1914, Page 7
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