NARROW ESCAPE
(Press. Assn.-
motor cycle struck by line of trucks
-By Telegraph— Copyright).
j, HASTINGS, Tuesday. Allen Patchett, . a member of the j crew of the H,M.S. Diomede, had « a narrow escape from death this even- ' ; ing when • he was knocked off a mot-or-cycle hy shunting trucks at a level . crossing. j The shunting official signalled dani'gei* to an approaching car, which s stopped, but Patchett shot qut from } ■ hehind and an 'to the line. The truck thre-w ■ the- cyclist and the rnachine i aeros's the line,. but the rnachine acted as a cow catcher, Patchett rolled \ over and over about 40 feet before . the trucks stopped; He escaped without injury, but. the rnachine Was, bad- ' ly .dam'ag'ed., • -
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 257, 22 June 1932, Page 5
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119NARROW ESCAPE Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 257, 22 June 1932, Page 5
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