MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
1 CAR PLUNGES 300 FEET INTO RIVER. DRIVER MERELY BRUISED. (Per United Press Association.; WANGANUI, May 26. A sensational motor car accident and miraculous escape of the driver occurred about twelve miles up the Wanganui river yesterday. Mr W. Tennant, a Wanganui taxi driver, was motoring along the bank in the vicinity of the starting point of the rowing championship course. He had just dropped some passengers, and was turning round when the wheels became locked and the engine began to race. The car leaped completely over the bank and dropped 150 feet, turning a couple of somersaults in the air and depositing Tennant on a ledge only two feet wide. The car then again leapt and dropped into the bed of the river. The total drop is estimated at 300 feet. Tennant escaped with a few bruises.
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Southland Times, Issue 18832, 27 May 1920, Page 5
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140MIRACULOUS ESCAPE Southland Times, Issue 18832, 27 May 1920, Page 5
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