RUNAWAY TRAM
A SYDNEY DISASTER
TWO , KILLED - AND TWENTY
INJURED.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.)
(Received 21st August, 'z p.m.)
SYDNEY, This Day.
Shortly before 7 o'clock this morning a double tram-car ran off the line at M'Mahon's Point, dropped over an embankment, fell • several feet,, and crashed into an outhouse. Both cars were smashed; two men were killed and 20 people were injured. One of the coupled cars was electrically faulty; and ,the motorman was driving from the second car. In accordance with the Departmental regulations, a conductor was placed in the front car. -\vhen the car reached the steep Blue's Point road, it got out of control, and dashed at a terrific speed down the hill for about a quarter of a mile, cut across a loop, and passed over the embankment.
One. of the killed is Harry Leeds apolice constable, the other lias not yet been identified.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 45, 21 August 1924, Page 6
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148RUNAWAY TRAM Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 45, 21 August 1924, Page 6
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