A PECULIAR ACCIDENT
Considerable excitement among a biff (Toiul of ncuplo wis occasioned by an untoward tramway .accident opposite the Duko of Udinbursh Hotel at 10 o'clock lust niirht. 13v some menus the overhead wire became jammed between (ho wheel suul Uio \ipriglit. forks of the f'W" head of a Hrooklyn-bound oar, with the result. Hint the wire was dragged down, to the nccomuaniment of n crackling flash of. electricity. The wheel ot the trollv-hend was prised oil' the head, anil fell to 11m irrouiul. striking in its ■ fall tho back of the lep; of a young lady, who, with her companion, was thvown to ttio navomenl. The injuivd young lad), Miss Johnson, of 23, Adam Street, was taken inside the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel in a fainting condition. The 111iurv was not serious, for after a few minutes .Miss Johnson was able to leave for home, .though still suffering considerably from shock. M Kven after the trolly-head was pulled ofT tlm contact of tho damaged pole with - tlm wire caused a succession of startling electric flashes, which caused considerable cousterualion among tho crowd.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 293, 6 September 1919, Page 6
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184A PECULIAR ACCIDENT Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 293, 6 September 1919, Page 6
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