A TRAMWAY ACCIDENT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXII, 8 May 1912, Page 5

A TRAMWAY ACCIDENT.

AUCKLAND, May 7. Two trams collided 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 tne control box of the leading car, and it commenced to run back. Motorman Saunders was unable tj handle me brakes in the forward poition of the car through'an electrical blaze. He promptly ran to the rear and applied the brakes. A 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 the seats by the impact.