January 1, 1940, Westgate Service Station in Annandale, Sydney: 1938 Ford V8 hits parked 1935 Ford Model C (four cylinder), lifting it up onto footpath and into petrol pumps; it takes out one pump and ends up against another pump; fire was put out fairly quickly by fire trucks from two stations. There was no one in the Model C at the time and the V8 driver was charged with drink driving.
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