WOMAN UNDER TRAM
REMARKABLE ESCAPE IN TUBE. A yroman fell beneath an underground train at Acton Town Station, - England, recently, and had a remarkable escape from death. , • She i^.jMrs.. yiolet , .. Wheeler, . pf Gunnersbury Avenue, Acton, and she fell from th.e platform .and rol,led underneath. a .train bound for .South Harrow. The driver applied the brakes and brought the train to a stand■still. TJwo carriages pass.e.d over Mrs. ■•'Wheeier before it stopped. , , s Mrs. Wheeler- fell. ipto," thq depression between the outer" running rail and t.he negative electric , rail, and ' thus escaped .b.ejng., ejectrpcuted or crushed to death. At Acton HoSpit^l she .was found to be suffering from sbock and knee injuries, neeessitating an inimediate operation.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 535, 19 May 1933, Page 17
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115WOMAN UNDER TRAM Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 535, 19 May 1933, Page 17
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