A SIXTEEN TON CRASH.
ROAD ROLLER JIBS. The City Council broke its own by laws thie morning. It allowed a vehicle, one road roller, to come to rest in Worcester Street, blocking the Riccarton t?; inline, and thereby causing an obsc' lotion. The roller stopped dead at a quarter past nine, a.'ct it was over two hours later before a gang of workmen got 1 the track c»-ar. However, if the Traffic Inspector decides to prosecute, the council may get off on the plea of accident, for it was an unavoidable mishap. Lh*i roller, a sixteen-ton affair, went- off with a clear start from Hereford str-jet, but, in rounding the bend at me Clarendon Hotel the back axle snapped, and a- rear wheel fell on to tho roadway. It was not- long before a crowd of? between forty and seventy interested ratepayers and other people with time on their rands gathered round and helped the r river with good advice. In the meantime Riccarton trams, outward as well as inward liotind. had been, switched on to the Lichfield Street route ati'i passengers were able to reach the ( t. • without delay. I'he roller was at length shifted by means of a. dummy axle, and a tow from ftjioth® - roller, hastily summoned from a southern suburb. lb ought to be in commission again next week.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16845, 22 September 1922, Page 7
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223A SIXTEEN TON CRASH. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16845, 22 September 1922, Page 7
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