TRAMCAR ACCIDENT.
; , ' : MOTORMAN LOSES HIS SEAT. Electric tramcar No. 86, bound from Newmarket to Queen-street, was concerned in a mishap of a peculiar and somewhat MrioiMi -nature on Saturday afternoon. When coming down Wellesley-street, a little past Princess-«treet, the motorman in charge {L. Jones) was seen to suddenly fall off the car on to the roadway. The attention of the conductor was fortunately attracted by a pedestrian named A. T. Hogger, and he successfully applied the brakes opposite the Park Hotel. The injured niotorman was examined by Dr. Young, a visitor from Gisborne, who found that he was suffering from a severe scalp wound and slight concussion. The young man's nwther, who resides in Symond-street, was summoned, and he was removed to the hospital on an ambulance. It is surmised that Jones lost his balance in looking round towards the back of the car, and so became unseated. He had been on duty since morning. At a late hour last night Jones' condition was unchanged, he being still in a state of semi-consciousness. His case is not regarded as critical.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 13949, 4 January 1909, Page 5
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