STRUCK BY TRAM
BLIND MAN INJURED
(By Telegraph—Presa Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, May 6.
A blind man, Herbert Washer, aged 47, single, received severe head injuries when struck by a tram in the city tonight. Washer was crossing High Street near the Triangle and did not hear the approach of v New Brighton tram travelling towards Cathedral Square, for he walked in its path and was knocked over and struck unconscious.
It is believed that the driver of the car did not realise Washer was blind until the tram was close to him. His injuries, it is believed, include a fractured skull. His condition is serious and late tonight he was still unconscious.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 107, 7 May 1936, Page 22
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111STRUCK BY TRAM Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 107, 7 May 1936, Page 22
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