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DRIVER’S MIRACULOUS ESCAPE,
" LORRY FALLS INTO GORGE. (Per Press Association — Copyright.) "p ; TE KUITI, March 8. . A large six-wheeled motor-lorry, di’iv3?if hy Mr. John White, went over a steep cliff in the- Mangitotuko Gome, about 23 miles from Te Kuiti. The driver was rounding a corner in a heavy rain squall and in trying to avoid a stray- bullock; on the road the lorry went over the edge and dropped about 200 feet into the gorge.
The driver fell out o ’the vehicle as if-, ,-olled down the' cliff, and escaped with slight injuries, although he suffered from shock The 1 lorrv was apparently not severely damaged.
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 March 1933, Page 6
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110FELL 200 FEET Hokitika Guardian, 9 March 1933, Page 6
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