ESCAPE OF BABY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21793, 7 May 1934, Page 8

ESCAPE OF BABY

UNUSUAL ACCIDENT TRAM CATCHES PERAMBULATOR A baby who was being wheeled in a perambulator across the top of Pitt Street early on Saturday afternoon had a remarkable escape from injury when the perambulator became caught to the back of a tramcar and was dragged for some distance before the tram stopped.; The baby was thrown out of the perambulator,, but was not injured. While endeavouring to avoid an approaching motor-car the mother of the child, Mrs. F. Lee, of 96 Clarence Street, Ponsonby,' pushed the perambulator a little too close to a passing tramcar, with the result that as the tram swung round from Pitt Street into Karangahape Road the wooden gate of the lifeguard, swinging at the rear, caught a wheel of the perambulator. . , , n The mother tried to retain her horn, of the perambulator, but it was pulled, from her grasp, and she fell forward on to her hands and -knee's. Meanwhile the perambulator was being dragged along by the tram and after travelling some distance it, toppled over, in such, a way that the baby was thrown lightly on to the road. Attracted b.v tho shouts of spectators the driver or the tramcar stopped after travelling a short distance further and the perambulator was freed. The baby was picked up uninjured.