FLOOD GRIPS MOTOR.
PERILOUS CROSSING OF RIVER. By Telegraph.—Press .issn—Copyright. Hokitika, Last Night. A sensational escape from <a fatality occurred at Little Wanganui River, South Westland, on Wednesday. Malcolm Houston, a well-known auctioneer, his wife, and a> passenger in a motor car, were being towed across the river, which was somewhat flooded. The water proved deep at the ford, and water swept over the door into the car. The horse stopped, and the ear floated over the ford and down the rough bed. Houston managed to carry his wife partly to the shore. He then attempted to save the car, which overturned several times, the passenger being caught by the car aDd held under the water. Luckily the car again turned over, releasing him from his position. It took five hours to get the car to the bank. The car was very badly damaged and its contents were lost.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19201030.2.42
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, 30 October 1920, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
149FLOOD GRIPS MOTOR. Taranaki Daily News, 30 October 1920, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in