An auxiliary van belonging to] the Municipal Fire Brigade crashed into a trackless tram on Foochow Road in front of the American Club Just after noon on August 20 with the result thst west bound traffic was help up for 20° minutes while east bound vehicles were just able to get round the obstruction.
The tram was passing the Foochow Road station, when the van, an old T. Model Ford, dashed out, loaded with several baskets of coal dust. It appears from the ensuing position of the vehicles that the tram must have been travelling at a fair rate of speed, and after the fire wagon struck it, the force the impact and the initial speed of the tram were responsible factors in the ultimate position of the two vehicles when they came to rest'
'The front right fender of the Ford and the front right lamp were broken and the guards of the tram were broken. The left front wheel and fender of the fire van were jammed under the body of the tram and were at rest in a position directly' behind the rear right wheel of tram,
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