PINNED UNDER WATER
ACCIDENT TO VICAR CAR FALLS INTO STREAM (From Our Own Correspondent) K ALTAI A, To-day. When the Rev. E. Ward, vicar of Kaitaia, was motoring from Mangonui to Oruru on Sunday and was crossing a bridge over the Taipa Stream, a loose plank upset the steering and the car somersaulted over a break in the rails into the stream beldfiX*. Mr. Ward was pinned under the car in about 2ft of water, but managed to keep his nose and mouth above the water level until help arrived. He was released and taken to the Mangonui Hospital, where he is now lying suffering from shock. No serious injuries were received. Fortunately for Mr. Ward, the tide was out at the time. At high water the stream is eight to 10ft deep at the spot where the car went over.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 598, 26 February 1929, Page 16
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141PINNED UNDER WATER Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 598, 26 February 1929, Page 16
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