CAR’S SENSATIONAL LEAP.
WONDERFUL ESCAPE OF DRIVER. Waiipanni. V('.-terday. .V sensational motor ear accident ocaurred nhou! Iweive miles up (lie tVane-anni River yesterday. \S. Tennant, a \\ aimamu taxi-driver, vra.s molorinp alone- (he ban!: in the vicimlv of lisa starting pond ni. (he rowine' championship cninsc. He had jn.-l dropped some pmssclmvrs, and was Utnim>; round, when IDo wheels became locked, she eapme. hco'an lo race, and the ear leaped! completely over I In* bank, and dropped 150 feci, ll turned a couple <d mmiersanils in the air, am' deposited Tennant on a ledye only iwo net, wide, The ear then apain leapt, and dropped info the bed of Hie river. Tju* total drop is estimated, at odd feet. Tennant escaped with a tow bruises.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2133, 27 May 1920, Page 3
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124CAR’S SENSATIONAL LEAP. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2133, 27 May 1920, Page 3
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