TRAMS COLLIDE HEAD-ON
I A MOTOR-MAN'S LEG BROKEN. By Association, - ■. Christchurch, April 16. A head-on collision between two tramcars occurred on the Riccarton Road tonight. Motormfin James Thomson had a leg broken, and the cars concerned were badly damaged. Thomson was .driving' an ouwai'dbound car. How the accident actually happened is not quite clear, hut it is stated that on approaching a loop the trolley-pole of an inward-bound car driven by Motor-man Blakeway left the wire. Blakeway jumped clear, but Thomson was pinned amongst the wreckage, and it took nearly an hour to extricate him.. None of the passengers w;is hurt.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 173, 17 April 1920, Page 6
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101TRAMS COLLIDE HEAD-ON Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 173, 17 April 1920, Page 6
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