RUNAWAY TRAM
(Press. Assn.-
RUSHES DOWN HILL CRASH INTO REAR OF ANbT HER CAR CAUSES DISASTER - TEN PERSONS INJURED
-By Telegraph— CmpiTlglit).
(Rec. 8.i5 p.m.) Sydney, A.UgUst 22. Wiien a motorman collapsed it tihe controls to-day his traiil hpftqd dowiihill at Redfern and finally 'cbllided with the rear qf another tram. . Ten passengers were hurt, sufferiiig chiefly from abrasions, lacerations and shock. , Eye-witnesses .say that, it.. was miraculous that several were. not killed, S.o severe. w.as thp .jmp.aet that bpth trams were fiadly damqged, Some pa.ssengers, realising that,- an accide,nt was . inevitalple, leapt from the runa*spay . ..tram;, riskipg their liyps amopgst the dense fast-moving traffie. , ; There were scenes^ of ■ grqat copfusiqn where the collision^ oecurred. Terrified women, suff ering from shock and lacerations, had to, receive attention, resuiting in a complete blockage of traffie in Cleveland SStreet, which is ,a busy highway on the fringe of the city.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 617, 23 August 1933, Page 5
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148RUNAWAY TRAM Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 617, 23 August 1933, Page 5
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