VIOLENT COLLISION
MOTOR TRUCK AND TRAM CAR MOTORMAN'S LUCKY ESCAPE . (Pee United Pbess Association) AUCKLAND, November" 5; : '... The front of a tramcar was wrecked and the motorman had a remarkable escape from injury in a collision with a motor truck laden with bales of wool at a corner near Newmarket this afternoon. The motorman's compartment of the tramcar was smashed so much that only the superstructure remained The front windows and those on one side were carried completely away, together with all the supports. The controls were also carried away, parts of them being strewn about the roadway. The motorman, Robert Middlemiss, ot Grey Lynn, escaped- with bruises and scratches on one leg.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22721, 6 November 1935, Page 10
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113VIOLENT COLLISION Otago Daily Times, Issue 22721, 6 November 1935, Page 10
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