VAN BLOWN OFF ROAD INTO HARBOUR
MISHAP AT WELLINGTON Press Association. WELLINGTON, Monday. To have his motor-van blown off the road and into the harbour by an exceptionally heavy gust of wind was the experience of Mr. W. Darragh, a baker of Miramar, at Gallene Bay on Saturday afternoon. Darragh, who had with him his eight-year-old son, was returning home from the city in a light van when the gust of wind blew the van into the water. The little boy was thrown out as the van went over, but Darragh was unable to free himself. The van settled in about six feet of water, but fortunately the water did not reach the top of the body, and when assistance arrived a few minutes later, Darragh was able to climb out the back of the van with the aid of a ladder. Sixty loaves of bread in the van were lost. Darragh hurt his back slightiy hut was able to return to his home. The little boy had his knee scratched, but was otherwise unharmed. To add to Darragh’s troubles, a telegram came to his house while he was changing, announcing the death of his father, whom he had not seen for 20 years.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 160, 27 September 1927, Page 16
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204VAN BLOWN OFF ROAD INTO HARBOUR Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 160, 27 September 1927, Page 16
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