From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Telegram reporting a car accident where a chassis skidded into a ditch and was significantly damaged.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\1\ scan0478 | |
Date | 29th May 1932 | |
ROYCAR DERBY = ROBOTHAM SCHOLES HAS SKIDDED 6 BJV INTO DITCH CHASSIS DAMAGED TOO MUCH FOR FURTHER MILEAGE WALLSER INVESTIGATING WHETHER CAR CAN RETURN UNDER ITS OWN POWER I AM LEAVING FOR PARIS HANCOCK +++ | ||