Runaway Tram
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WILD CAREER DOWN DUNEDIN HiLL Leaves Raiis and Ploughs Througk Fence PEDESTRIAN KILLED
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33UNE3D1M, 'This Day. ^6ut Bf cbnhrol on the iltlBpes^ gradient of all the tracks in DBnediB electra tramways, the Opbho ^ar thtdDdefBd. Hbwn SigBal Hill road at 7.35 this morning' and, gathering speed, failed to heg-otiate the eiirve approachittg thl tat. Leavihg We iCils, it but thrbft&h the wat^r bhahnel, mounted the jfdptpath and tdfe thrOBgh a palihg feiiUe, pionghing' tb a stahdhtill In ajstfee|) se'btion byeribdkin'g ifl'oflh Halt vaiiey. Afl the tram Cflr erossed tke pavbm'ent it rau down a pedestrifln, John Kenny, who reflidbd tWo doors aw&y, earrying him With it down the baflk. By phenomenal luck, non© of thb passengers nbr thb m'otorman, Mr. Ghflpmfln, Wbr'e ifljui-ed, uhile the dama'ge to the car is not exteflsive, hut Mr. Henny, a marri'ed mfln without Children, aged 50, WaS so critically injuTed that he dibd "shortly afifer adiflis"sibn "to hospital. Thb deceafled was a brass-turner And wbll knbwn afl the e'arlier 'days As A sbnior cricketer-
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 75, 15 April 1937, Page 5
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176Runaway Tram Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 75, 15 April 1937, Page 5
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