FALL FROM TRAM

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 49, 26 August 1931, Page 14

FALL FROM TRAM

WOMAN INJURED

CLAIM FOR DAMAGES

'AUeging.:,,that. thelram^rom;.which she was/iri:,;the;.aci; of;^ alighting had teen started she was clear, Sirs. Nellie Limpus proceeded -■ against the Welliagtoiivfiity-GbnnciKat th^/Magis-trate's-Cbur-t yesterday, claiming £150 generaMamages and'£:4rlisted as expenses, of injuries lre-craved-tvllen .she fell, froia 3'tram at the Bidwell street' stopping place, on 9th J^sy.ry, The-evidence-, of the witnesses varied on some-important points, and the'Magistrate/ Mr. B. Page| SM Jnhmated that he would take time to consider the case. . . •■■.■./.,' ' >■ In Jher statement, of claim-Mrs. Lirapus said that in: consequence of one of the ..council's•.■-servants .negligently starting the car she had.suffered; injuries, to her right arm and shoulder, and had .temporarily lost'the use of her arm. There.was a likelihbb.a of a certain amount of permanent incapacity..,-' •. ■•:•. ■•,•■.; "..■• ■■"•■ .:.--■■ •. '.

# MrkLimpus stated in evidence that just as she was about to' get off the tram;, it;. started, and she fell'to the ground. It ■: went;. on . for. a. fair distance before-,it pulled' up. YThe conductor, came back, and started to' abuse her, asking..her,. why. ; :sThe did. not get off when the. carl-stopped. ■'■■■ Ernest H.. Hastings said, that the car etoppeiJ-.and Mrs; Liinpus -started to alight.. ;: -To ::his surprise it ".started .again.vbefore.she .was .clear.- The tram then; ; .pnlled:up';again.with-a,sudden jerk; Alfred. N. Pickeringr'said he- had the impression .;that.;the: ear:ha"d< stopped and .bacl:S;tartc,a ragain almost straight awaj-i..;:;;:-;:,:/^ ;-:,';■;'.-:'-:-■/;,-- ■.-" ._.' The;-&'etbrttan' oi: th'e;tram, William J-'.-iNeely/: ;Badfl>..that-'he^-received a signil /t.O 'Stdpj;';;anS^pu.lled 'the'ear up in tlie'.Stsnal ::.:; After Awaiting about: three minutes for.: a signal to start again^hfr went round to the:rear of the car, jyh.e're.he.saw.the conductor speak-' ing -to.'.Mm. .Limfius.;-. The car.-only stopped ;once. Alexander Hunter, the conductor, also said that the tram had only i.stopped once; -■.... ,'■.< ■ .

Two witnesses for the defence, Henry Bishop and Patrick Kennedy, who were passengers on the-'tram' at the time of the accident, said they had not seen Mrs.;Liimpus fall. The tram, they said, had -.only stopped once. '

Mr. W. H. Cunningham appeared for Mrs.v Limpus, and Mr. J. O 'Shea for the City Council.