SERIOUS COLLISION WITH 4 TRAM, At about five minutes to eight ea Satarday evening the ocoopants of tram car proceeding along Babbling Well Road, towards The Band, receired a severe jolt, which wan immediately followed by the crash of broken glass, and the accompaniment of a grinding noise as the tram car left the rails and ished its way cross the street, foally bringing up on the footpath, oataide the Cinema Pathe. The passengers left the car hurriedly, to find the cause of the trouble, a large motorcar, lying in the middle of the tram line, It bad suffered severely from the impact; its head lights wore extinguished, its troot off-wheel had been torn off, and only " few spoker were left, not one of whioh had escaped damage. The steel covering of engine and the water radiator twisted out of shape, and the protecting glass in front was shattered into frayments. Attention, of course, was immediately turned to the occupants of the motor ear, and it was found that, the native chanifear was uniojared, excepting for a few slight cuts about the face caused by the shower pf glass that was horled in his Airection when the collision took place. The owner of the car, Mr. L. Soyka, however, was seen to. be lying, momentarily stunned, in the bottom of the coat with blood streaming down his face from a namber of small cuts. Hi quickly red, however, while his companion io the car was none the worse io for the accident, The tram car practically escaped unscathed, for not even a window was broken. The wonder that the tram was deflected, almost at right angles, mill be increased, whea it is remembered that each car Bat the blow, j the right-hand side of the motor seta the greater part of the deinage, was ata tangent and caught the car as it was ronadiog the carve at this spot.
Almost every one seemed to be clear as to how the sccifeut occurred. The motor car was travelling, it was aal at a rapid rate, towards Babbling Jost after passing the Grand Hotel it found " carriage in front of it, and a tram car in front of the carriage order to skirt the ca dt car, which were going la tion, the chauffeur drow over towards the right-hand side of the street, Hi jew was obscured by the carriage and the tram car, and he did not sco second car that was rapidly approach it from Babbling Well, antu it was too late, Then he tried to head off the Bubbling Well car and pass between it and the Esst-bound car. He was too late, however, and the collision happened.
motor car was removed to of the street, and ocoupied position in the gutter, until arrange-manta were made to have it removed, The tram car in the meantime, bad been towed away from its aousual position on the footpath, leaving deep trail bohiad it, where the sharp wheels bad cut into the road; whilst the fo path showed signs of the recent visitor it ape of two rows of daxgaged asphalt about six feot in length.
Toqairies made on Sunday elicited the information that none of the occa-pants of the motor car suffered any serious after-effects, and beyond the slight cats to their faces, ware none the worse for their adventure,
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