OFF THE TRACK.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 76, 23 December 1907, Page 7

OFF THE TRACK.

UAH LEAVES THE." BROOKLYN LINE. NO DAMAGE. Some mild excitement] .was caused on the Brooklyn section of tho.ucity tramway system at about four o'clock yesterday afternoon through an upward bound box car (No. 18) leaving tho motals., .Tjie,,cause of the accident was apparent. At a' point just opposite the Town Belt entrance to the Nairn Street lteserve, a line \of..'hard blucstoho pebbles—which form part of the ballasting of tho track —had been placed for a distance of about two feet" in" tho'" groove""of both rails, so that when... tho... car....carnp_ slowly up the hill she ; ,'ground into tho obstruction, and, owing 'to "the line at that point being a continuous curve, the car left tho rails, and proceeded straight on for a, few i feet, maintaining,. i,ts,' perpendicular. Tbe'ro were live passengers on the car, but as there was only a momentary ■ jolt,. ■ owning to the car being brought to. a.standstill, no ono, received any injury"...'T'hc'ear w«s not damaged. , v ; ~.." ~;■ , ','. It is thought that tliq pebbles flrcre ,l)]at!,cd on the rails by some mischievous,b,oyii,";pr ; o'bably with tho object of seeing -tho'car crush through the stones. ■■..".:.:'.'..'..'.'..'.. ••.,.'..'.:•.. .Assistance was summoned,.', and .'with 'tho aid of jacks the car.;wus replaced .//on, '.the rails last evening, under the superintendence of Mr. Gable, -Engineer. }t is to bo hoped that the' oftpneo ,will bo sheeted home to those-responsible, and .that punishment will bo meted,out:',.'An" p.bsfai<Slo that would derail an up-car" would probably produce tho samo effect on a down car, perhaps with results too dire to contemplate.