CABLE CAR COLLISION
ELDERLY WOMAN INJURED OTHER PASSENGERS SHAKEN (By Telegraph.— Pro** Association) DUNEDIN, Friday An elderly woman received injuries necessitating her removal to hospital, and other passengers suffered bruises and shaking when a Mornington cable car collided with a stationary trailer at the tram terminus today. The car was reaching its destination from ttie city when a “ bunch M developed in the rope behind the gripper. The gripman was unable to check the car's progress in time to prevent striking the trailer, which was pushed ofT Hie line and across a turntable to come to rest against the ke.-h outside the shop. Mary White was bumped off the tram, receiving injuries to the head and face abrasions.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20739, 24 February 1939, Page 6
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118CABLE CAR COLLISION Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20739, 24 February 1939, Page 6
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