TRAMCAR ON FIRE.
EXCITING SCENE IN AUCKLAND. BY TEIE3HAPH —PKESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND, December 9. As an elctric tram was ascending Wellesley Street on Saturday evening, flames suddenly burst out inside the car. The motorman had one arm badly scorched, and was thrown off the platform. Some half-dozen passengers jumped out. The tram was running back on the down grade at a good speed when an ex-motorman jumped aboard, pulled the trolley-pole off the wire, and stopped the car. The shock to the passengers was considerable, as the seats suddenly became alive, and the car was lit up with flashing blue lights emitted from all the ironwork. The controller blew out, and the fuel box caught fire.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 9000, 10 December 1907, Page 5
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116TRAMCAR ON FIRE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 9000, 10 December 1907, Page 5
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