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Evening Star, Issue 20943, 6 November 1931, Page 12

In the Bois cle la Cambre, the Hyde Park of Brussels, there stands. a. sinister tree. It grows on the edge of the grass where the road curves on a gentle bend, and there is a pavement between it and the tarmac. Notwithstanding this, accident after accident lias occurred, mainly at night, through cars taking the bend too sharply and skidding inwards to crash on this tree. The. deaths that have occurred in the last few years number nearly ninety, and the tree is a gruesome sight, with its trunk gashed and charred. The authorities refuse to have it cut down, for, they say, possibly with justification, that, were it removed) reckless drivers intent on cornering at a high speed, would hit other trees standing farther back.