TRAGIC PLUNGE OVER 20-FOOT BANK.—Trapped in the driving seat, behind the wheel, Mr. F. J. Martin, an Auckland taxi-driver, was carried to his death when his car crashed through a fence and plunged down a 20-feet bank into the Maungawara Stream, near Taupiri. Two young women, his niece and a friend, had a miraculous escape. The party was travelling to Wellington when the accident happened. The picture, taken shortly after the accident, shows the car being dragged from the stream.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 959, 30 April 1930, Page 16
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80TRAGIC PLUNGE OVER 20-FOOT BANK.—Trapped in the driving seat, behind the wheel, Mr. F. J. Martin, an Auckland taxi-driver, was carried to his death when his car crashed through a fence and plunged down a 20-feet bank into the Maungawara Stream, near Taupiri. Two young women, his niece and a friend, had a miraculous escape. The party was travelling to Wellington when the accident happened. The picture, taken shortly after the accident, shows the car being dragged from the stream. Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 959, 30 April 1930, Page 16
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