TRAMWAY ACCIDENTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 551, 5 July 1909, Page 6

TRAMWAY ACCIDENTS.

A /WOMAN BUN DOWN. Mrs. Alice Brown, a resident of ToitviDo (Wellington West), met with a rather serious accident at a-few minutes jiaet 8 p.m. o'n Saturday. . She was proceeding across Courteaay Place, in the vicinity of Rod's butcher's shop,. holding' her head dowt as a protection against the wind and rain, when sho was ran 'down by. a Constable Street car proceeding citywards. • The motorman in charge of the car states , that he reiig his, bell as a warning and then jammed on the. brakes, but was too late.to prevent tho apron ; of the car. striking and knocking bor over clear of the caiy. Dr. Shand, who was summoned; pronounced; it a. case , of concussion of the brain, arid ordered the sufferer to .be taken to the hospital, and'' she was conveyed .there in an ambulance by Coiistablo M'Kelvio. She was reported to,.be doing very well yesterday. . Thomas Nagle, a' : wharf labourer, fell from a car at about 10;30 on Saturday night, but escaped with a severe shaking wily. Speaking about, tram . residents, . PoliceInspector Ellisori says it is remarkable what risks people take unnecessarily in Connection with the electric cars. Hosayshehas noticed repeatedly on a - Saturday.'.' young fellows standing as olose to the' track as possible, but of mere bravado—close enough'almost for the car to brush their clothes as it' swings along. In such cases they dp not take into' consideration that a slight knock or start might cause 'them'-'to move sufficiently for .the oar to inflict serious injury. People should take care to keep ; well clear of .the track: at. all times,,in ewe of contingencies . that, are not perhaps obvious. Another cause of accidents is getting off a car- in motion tho wrong way —facing ,-in the opposite •to that in which the car is .going.' The . Inspector was standing beside, the track one day when he peropved a- man about to , jumg from the car in the. manner described. - He put out his arm to save him, and the erring ono (Struck it r and turned a . complete somersault, and reached the; ground just''as, the, Inspector made a second grab'at him. Tho fall. being broken, the man only got a slight bump. On being remonstrated witi as to his manner of alighting from'the car, the man rubbed his head and said, "Well, it's the first time I.'ever rode on one of them things!" He was from the country.