THE LATE TRAM ACCIDENT.
TO THE EDITOE.
Sin,—A paragraph appeared in your issue of yesterday, purporting to give the substance of a conversation between me and Constable Johnston in reference to the late tram accident to my brother, and placing the whole blame on my brother. As it is not a fair representation of what I said, please allow me to state what I did say was, that my brother was to blame in so far as he jumped off while the tram was in motion, but it was after it had passed without stopping at its proper stopping place. , If the tram had pulled up aa-usuahat Dyer’s road, where he always, got out, it is fair to conclude that the accident would not have happened. Hence it can be seen that I would not be justified in throwing the entire blame on him, which I did not. A paragraph appeared in a previous issue stating that my brother deliberately walked off the tram as if it was not in motion, also that he immediately became conscious, and stated that no one was to blame bat himself. Both these statements are false, as he got off with care, and fell after taking two or three steps with the tram. He did not become conscious for eight days (and only for a few minutes at that), and has not once referred to the accident.—“l am, &0., W. O’SHAUGHNESST.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXV, Issue 9428, 1 June 1891, Page 6
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