TRAMCARS COLLIDE

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 June 1935, Page 7

TRAMCARS COLLIDE

AUCKLAND ACCIDENT. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, June 14. A violent collision between outwardbound tramcars in Symonds Street, at nine o’clock to-night, resulted in two meh being injured, and both the cars being damaged extensively. The injured, a tramcar motorman and a passenger, were taken to hospital. Neither was seriously hurt. The other occupants of the two cars escaped with a shaking.

The driver of the second car, Robert Albert de Malmanche, aged 56, married, suffered concussion and head injuries; while George Davis, aged 31, of Grafton, a passenger, had his left tbigh severely bruised. Davis left the hospital after being treated in the casualty department. The leading tram, bound for Onehunga, was just moving off -up Symonds Street from the East Street stop when the collision occurred. The following tram crashed into the one ahead, the driver’s compartment becoming interlocked with the rear cab of the Onehunga car. De Malmanche was struck heavily by part of the broken cab, while Davis, who was standing on the rear platform of the car in front, also received a severe blow. The passengers in both trams were severely shaken, some being thrown from their seats by the force of the impact. Two women suffered so severely fupm shock that they collapsed. They were given attention in a shop nearby. The two tramcars, interlocked, and stationary, could not be moved for about half an hour, during which time a line of cars extending from East Street to below Grafton Bridge was obliged to wait. The leading car had its back cab almost demolished, the controls being torn from their mountings and the woodwork' and glass smashed. The driver’s cab on the second car was also damaged.