TRAM SMASH IN SYDNEY.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXIX, Issue 42, 31 December 1912, Page 6

TRAM SMASH IN SYDNEY.

| 14 PEOPLE INJURED. SYDNEY, Deo. 28. A tram smash occurred which caused a tremendous sensation in the centre of the city on Saturday afternoon. A car was mounting the hill at King Street when the brakes failed. The car ran "back and, dashing across Castlereagh and Pitt Streets, collided with another car near George Street. The spectacle of a car running on the wrong line and at a furious pace caused consternation. Some of the passengers < were looking anxiously from the doors, and others were preparing to jump. A woman screaming attracted the attention of hundreds in tlxe crowded streets, and wlien the runaway crossed Castlereagh Street the crowd ran after |it as though joining a chase. The ! warning shouts enabled the driver of a- | car at the intersection of Pitt Street to ■ stop in time to avoid a right-angle collision. The runaway had its ironwork twisted badly and the woodwork smashed to splinters. The damage was so extensive that it ivas surprising that 'no fatalities occurred. Fourteen people j were injured.