LUCKY ESCAPE
CAR FALLS OVER 50 FEET (By TelejfrapTj.—rre**3 Association) NAPIER, Tuesday A motor-car fell over a 50ft. hi’lsido from one street level to another at p.m. when it failed to take an elbow ! bend and crashed down into the back garden of a residence on the lower ( street. The car, which was driven by Mr F. R. Reynolds, came to rest upside down on a tree stump, which pierced the hood, missing the driver’s back by inches. Mr Reynolds, who was the only occupant, had his ic.t leg broken and suffered injuries to his head. I-Ie was taken Lo the N.rrior Hospital. Mr Reyonlds had a miraculous escape from death, but the occupants of the house were just as lucky, as the tree stump, which went through the car’s hood, stopped it from rolling down the hill and plunging into the rear of the house. The house received a sudden jolt as though it was hoi - wrenched apart. This was cause! by the car becoming entangled in a tireless aerial strung between the house and the hill during its fall.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20737, 22 February 1939, Page 8
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181LUCKY ESCAPE Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20737, 22 February 1939, Page 8
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