DISASTER AVERTED
ON SYDNEY TRAMWAY DRIVER DIES SUDDENLY AT CONTROLS VEHICLE RUNS THROUGH STOPPING PLACES. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 9 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. A tramload of people, including many children, proceeding to Balmoral Beach on Sunday morning, had a narrow escape when the driver, unnoticed, collapsed and died on his controls. The tram, rapidly gathering speed, ran through the customary stopping places, when the conductor took in the situation, rushed to the driver’s cabin, saw what had happened, and applied the emergency brakes and brought the tram to a standstill.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 December 1940, Page 6
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93DISASTER AVERTED Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 December 1940, Page 6
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