TRAMCARS IN COLLISION
MOTORMAN’S PROMPTITUDE PREVENTS MORE SERIOUS ACCIDENT. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, May 7. Five trams collided when going up Wellesley Street, which is a fairly steep grade, this evening. The motorman of the foremost car sustained very severe cuts on the face. Apparently a short circuit occurred in tlie control box of the leading car, and it commenced To run back. • Tie motorman, a man named Saunders, was unable to handle the brakes in the forward portion of the caiy through an electrical blaze, but promptly ran to the rear and applied the brakes.
The collision, however, was inevitable, and both cars were badly damaged, Saunders being injured as stated. His promptitude in applying the brakes prevented a more serious accident, as both cars were filled with passengers, all of whom were thrown from their seats by the impact.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3518, 8 May 1912, Page 5
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