Eileen O'Connor, a seven-year-old child living in Ross itreot, Kilbirnie, had a miraculous escape from death when she was knocked down by a tram car in Coutts street shortly before 5 p.m. yesterday. Siie \s*s caught in the undergea- 01 the tram and it was necessary to jack up the car before the child could bo released. This was accomplished in a.very few minutes, owing to the promptitude of the tramwaymen, arid the girl, who was found to have received abrasions to her head and leg, was given emersency treatment at the shop of Mr. C. T. Arthur, chemist. She was then conveyed to the Hospital, and after receiving further attention she was taken to her home.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 60, 8 September 1926, Page 6
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