ACCIDENTS & DEATHS
FRONT OF TRAM-CAR WRECKED. (Per Press Association^. AUCKLAND I , November 5. The front of a tram-car was wrecked and the motorman had a remarkable escape from injury in a collision with a motor-truck laden with bales of wool at a corner near Newmarket this afternoon. The motorman’s compartment of the Tram-car was smashed so much that only the superstructure remained intact. The front windows and those on one side were carried away, together with all supports. The controls were carried away, parts of them being strewn about the roadway. The motorman, Mr Robert Middlemiss, of Grey Lynn, escaped with bruises and scratches on one leg.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 21, 6 November 1935, Page 4
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