FIRE MOTOR IN COLLISION

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2141, 6 May 1914, Page 6

FIRE MOTOR IN COLLISION

l: -~r. ....ft" ■■■■■:. ■ I J?mEHATSJ BADDY HtJET, j (By 3?clfcEMi)li.—Bresa AssSw.ia.tlop.) L : Ap.ktantii May 5. i ■ For a short time this afternoon tltera i Mrs ii period of excitement a.ivd :eon* . fusion hi the city. A.A timber of raili way vvo'.rMi.e.ii we're engaged oft tllofcJix , phone lines near the No'wma.j-fet Bail* i vfiay Station* when.. ,1, totep'hoho wire . : eniho into contact with a wife ertrryihg i ! .ft high voltage of -city electrical :pp:<vei', . aird porticm of t'lro a.ppa.T'a.i'ii ; s £u'se*l, i pitttittg aft the railway telephone., 'teld.-' :: graph, aijfl tabici sigiiaillitg sjtttejns ! otit o{ : o.pciatiou for about fifteen ijlileS fijputll of the ;ci'ty. 'i'lijs' .disorganised .: tin* train services, bti-t- the 'pilot : sy*> , lem. was quickly established,, »""d two. hours later the teiius were hack at, -tiro ' sshedulo ttriifi, A ■e.Oiisicte.r'a'ble Ain'o.tfijs of damago has apparently boon doßa ;to tlio electrical system jj, and, it will ho some time before ttay are in .proper o.rSjcji' again. When the tnres fused « Vim broke <aut jij the- hat fixed on a, pale in iCreiit '. -of the Post' 'QJERfOjjylici'fj the f&ihvWj? wires are- gathered into ii 'eahie. This biased fiercely and -a, ■ fine a ; la>rtii \va;s sent fitini the Past ;Office. to the bfifijado' station. The fifo. silpcriiVWiiiftM, thinkiiiK there was a. fire in tire PftSt Office, brought the motor ei.ig.inß into cro'Med Qjtecn Street at 30 -miles .aft hour, Jiis't as the motef .Was appro-neli-ing Woljv?sldy Street intersection a. ti-ai-lKir to siring round the corner, 'Che driver of the big l : 3 horse* ■power meter feared, a collision with th» car, and tried to cross to 'the .ftthpr side of the street olid avoid ii, jit*? water' • failed, however, to clear the irairrsvay : s'ta.nckrd in thi? <!»ntro rf thp street, and Btrttck tire nolu a violent Mow. All the Men Were tluwn iiiff the lii.oto'r oil to the street, ailsl li'i're.ma.n1 i 'i're.ma.n Jfimes '3!nctay iva? severely in-jMrefl and noiv lies in the hospital in a fferious condition., The other itieii' had a, ni'lstc-uhivts escape. The livMof was s'ovwoty d'aii}aewl. 'flip tramway ntiU%s in. the cn'trc iof Qileeit Street aire fT4s«enily referred to tis a grawj <la ; ngeT.