THE BROOKLYN TRAMWAY ACCIDENT.
By Telegraph—Press Association, WELLINGTON, May 10. • The adjourned inquest concerning the death of Mrs Eliza Bell, the victim of the Brooklyn tramway accident, was continued to-day, the evidence being taken of the motorman, conductor, and expert winesses. The evidence indicated that the brakes had not been properly applied. It appears that Rae first applied the magnetic brake to check the car's descent, but it failed. He then fell back on the hand brake, but the car had acquired such a speed that it failed too, and a third emergency brake could not avert a capsize. The theory of the Engineer-in-Chief, and the Government Electrician is that on starting down hill the motorman had the reversible lever in the wrong position, which had the effect of throwing the magnetic brake out of action. The motorman, in his evidence, said he was nervous about taking the cars over the Brooklyn line owing to apprehension about possible mishaps to the gear. The inquest stands adjourned till to-morrow.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8440, 11 May 1907, Page 5
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168THE BROOKLYN TRAMWAY ACCIDENT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8440, 11 May 1907, Page 5
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