CAR DISASTERS.
LEAP OVER A BRIDGE. MANY PEOPLE INJURED. -J? ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT. PER I'H ITED I'BESS ASSOCIATION Received December 27, 11.40 a.m. NEW YORK, Dec. 26. A trolley-car with 35 passengers leaped over a bridge near Pottsville (Pennsylvania) and fell a distance of 20ft into the river, where the water was only 6ft deep. Nobody was killed but many were injured. CAR OFF THE LINE. ONE KILLED; SEVERAL INJURED. Received December 27, 11.40 a.m. OTTAWA, Dec. 26. At Toronto a street car crowded with churchgoers ran off the line at a curve and upset. One woman was killed and several injured. A number of passengers fell through the windows and were pinned underneath the side of the car. The motorman has been arrested pending an investigation.
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Mataura Ensign, 27 December 1911, Page 5
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126CAR DISASTERS. Mataura Ensign, 27 December 1911, Page 5
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