Letter detailing a car accident and the resulting damage to the vehicle.
| Identifier | Morton\M10\ img016 | |
| Date | 3rd October 1932 | |
| TELEPHONE JESMOND 794. X4199. 6, TANKERVILLE TERRACE, JESMOND, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. Oct 3rd 1932 Dear Mr Hives, I feel a bit shaken after my crash, so am taking things easy for a day or two. The car is a "write off" also the telegraph pole which it hit. The engine which is mainly cast iron is split asunder also the gear box. I was rather lucky, I think to get off so lightly, luckily there was no passenger. Things are going on nicely at the R.A.E. I will be in the works on Monday next before returning to Farnboro'. I have come to the conclusion that the | ||
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).