ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
KNOCKED OFF THE FOOTBOARD. A. tramway conductor named Broadhuirst, engaged in collecting fares from tho footboard of combination ear No. 27 in Manners Street ICast just beforp 1 p.ni. on Saturday, sustained a severe dhock| through bein'g knocked off the car. At tho time of tho accident tho car was travelling eastward less than fifty yni'ds from tho Taranaki Street stopping-place. Tlio conductor was struck on the leg by tho hub of tho wheel of a stationary landau, and fl-lii failing it is supposed that he struck tho splashboard before striking the wood-blocks. Luckily the car was pulling: up at the time, and had not much speed on. Otherwise the accident would certainly have been 'a serious-one.. As it was," Hroadlnirst was bruised and considerably shaken by 'his misad' venture. ,
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1843, 1 September 1913, Page 6
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133ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1843, 1 September 1913, Page 6
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