CAUGHT IN TRAM WHEEL
PIPE BURSTS THROUGH FLOOR PASSENGER'S NARROW ESCAPE [by telegraph OWN correspondent] NEW PLYMOUTH. Wednesday Thrust up through the floor and k seat of a tramcar this morning, a piece of iron piping narrowly missed a pa? senger, Mr. Lloyd. Had Mr. Lloyd been sitting in a usual position in his seat he would almost certainly have been injured, but at the instant the accident occurred he leaned across the aisl? to speak to a passenger on the opposite side. The incident occurred a short distance on the town side of the Breakwater Hotel. The piping hurtled up through the floor and seat with considerable force. Apparently the pipe had been lying alongside the tramway track and had become tangled in the wheel. It was whirled round with the wheel, and by the time it was freed had gained sufficient momentum to burst through the floor and seat of the tram.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19360507.2.52
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22412, 7 May 1936, Page 10
Word Count
154CAUGHT IN TRAM WHEEL New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22412, 7 May 1936, Page 10
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.