Lorry Driven Over Nuku'alofa Wharf
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Nuku'alofa Wharf
From Our Own Correspondent Nuku’alofa, October 16.
AN unusual accident occurred here re cently when a heavy truck, belong ing to the firm of Riechelmann Bros., fell off the end of the Nuku’alofa wharf and into the sea.
The truck was being driven at a fairly fast speed along the causeway to the wharf by a Tongan; the driver at tempted to slow down, but the vehicle’s brakes failed to function. It jumped the low wooden railing at the edge of the wharf and fell into the sea with the driver still in the cab.
He managed to free himself when the truck struck the bottom, and he came up to the surface badly scared but with only a few scratches to show for his carelessness.
With the aid of a barge, some of the firm’s labourers managed to raise the truck onto the reef and drag it ashore.
It did not suffer any serious damage.