The Archive · 1936

Motoring in Chekiang

'A toll of six persons killed and several accidents to cars during Easter indicat e the need for greater care and better driving on new roads, where the unexpected is more than likely to happen Photos by courtesy V. C. Young the road and overturns into a pond between Tsaongo and Ningpo. Both In trying to avoid a buffalo, a new Plymouth skids of occupants were drowned. The photograph! was taken ten minutes after the tragedy 'A highway in Chekiang between Fenghua and Paine Two junks lashed together form a makeshift ferry over the Tsaongo River One of the many hairpin bends in the mountainous Chekiang country

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