PLUNGE FROM BRIDGE
(Press. Assn.
MOTOglSTS' ESCAPE CAR FALLS FROM BRIDGE INTO RAILWAY CUTTING FOUR PERSONS INJURED
— By Telegraph — Copyright).
MASTERTON, Saturday. Plunging through the railing of the overhead railway bridge near Mauriceville and dropping 25 feet into the eutting below, five occupants of a'. saloon car had a narrow escape from death on Saturday morning. The accident occurred while the car was trying to negotiate a dangerous bridge just South of Mauriceville Station. The northward bound mail train was held up -at Masterton 15 minutes until the line was cleared. The driver a man named Mallowes, of Lower Hutt, escaped with a severe shaldng, but his wife sufferea a badly bruised back, and his son, aged 8 years, was severely cut on the hand. Mrs. Mallowes Senior suffered bruises and shock, and Mr. Mallowes, Senior has a dislocated shoulder and a badly cut face and was admitted' to the Masterton hospital.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 107, 28 December 1931, Page 5
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