GENERAL TELEGRAMS.
A NARROW ESCAPE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Palmerston North, Last Night. A party of motorists travelling to th« Feilding races to-day had a narrow escape at a crossing four miles from Feilding. The car, with five occupants, was running at a fair pace, where the road unexpectedly converges in and crosses the railway. The driver did not observe this, and steered right into,the Auckland mail, which was thundering past. With great presence 01 mind he threw all the brakes on and pulled up a foot or two from the train. The front wheel "was buckled, and the motor-car overturned, but no one was hurt, although all were shaken, A MOTOR-CAR SOMERSAULTS. Tnvereargill, Last Night. A serious motor spill occurred when several parties were returning to town to-day after the Riverton races. A car driven by T. Stone, when nassincr another driven hv A. TT. Kin?, of the Bluff, apparently touched, with the result that King's ear turned a double somersault. The occupants, including Mrs. King and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Niehol. of Bluff; were thrown out and were all more or less shaken and bruised. They were attended to in Tnvereargill, and no permanent injury is anticipated.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 259, 25 March 1913, Page 5
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198GENERAL TELEGRAMS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 259, 25 March 1913, Page 5
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