REMARKABLE MOTOR CAR ACCIDENT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9664, 1 December 1909, Page 7

REMARKABLE MOTOR CAR ACCIDENT.

IN THE MANAWATU GORGE

THE LUCK OF A SUNDOWNER. I Another accident has beui added to the long list of casualties in the Manawatu Gorge. Mr By ion Brown, of Oiaki, has just purch&scd a raw Enfield motor car. He was nininny, a trip from the Wairarnpa to o:aki, and had reached the most dangerous corner in the Gorge-Ballance Road when disaster overtook hi in. The scene of the accident is a sharp turn which only Uur-e who know tie road thuroughly can negotiate with safety. It is a deeiucdly sharp iviraasiioe band, and n iiea-ly always mistaken for a le?s acute turn Mr Brown made the common mistake, ar.d not allowing for the acrobatic twi-.;t in ( the highway, he suddenly found himself and his new car making experiments in aviation from tiie lop cf a 00ft precipice. ' Luckily for the chauffeur, hn car pro-'ed to Sj.• a hid flier. It turned a somersault which threw the occupant out and landed him on the a do o[ the bar.l; en rou'.e to the river bed. As it was he had a COfc fall, hut landed in souk: soft earth and coiiscquur.tlv only ?v~taintd a fmv r.civ.k'U: ». Th<? car hit the river bed the wn>s:g way '■■]< aau its ovv'i'.er had to ilcksiciul quick!;/ to atop the i.';clnjr engine. T«:v \ elite!.: was brought into i'alinc;':-1 ei, ami examination revi-ahd that it was tot badly damaged, Liu: only injury being to the woodwork. dust, after leaving Mastertnn Mr Brown picked up a "sundowner," who was'making his way to {'aimers ton. On hearing at Woxiville, how - ever, that the road was dangerous j the impecunious tourist left the ! car. He'had a lucky escape.