194 Centaur ; 



and a general smash-up followed. All the occupants were pitched 

 out and more or less damaged. Fortunately no serious injury 

 was sustained by any one. 



A serious trap accident occurred at Wolverhampton. A licensed 

 victualler, accompanied by his two children, was driving a trap, 

 when the wheels of the vehicle became entangled in the tram 

 rails and the horse fell down. All the occupants were thrown 

 out, each being severely shaken. 



A carter, in the emploj^- of a maltster, of West Bromwich, was 

 engaged in unloading some malt, when his horse took fright at a 

 tramcar which was passing, and bolted. The n>an was thrown 

 down, and the horse trod upon him, inflicting severe injuries. 



At York County Court, a widow, named Harney, sued a Tram- 

 way Company for £12 12s. damages, sustained through the negh- 

 gence of the defendants or their servants. The plaintiff took a 

 tramcar, and a second car was following, and when it was a little 

 behind the one in which the plaintiff' was, the driver looked behind 

 him. On re-directins; his attention to his horses he found he was 

 very near upon the first car. He applied his brake, but as he saw 

 that this would not avoid a collision, he pulled his horses off' the 

 track, and his car ran into the one in which plaintiff' was. She 

 was standing ready to get out, and was thrown b}^ the concussion 

 violently upon the floor of the car. In consequence of this 

 accident she was unable to follow her occupation, and had to 

 obtain assistance. Verdict for the plaintiff' for the full amount 

 claimed, with costs. 



H. H , in the employment of i\Ir. V , was driving a 



one-horse omnibus, at Wednesburj^, when the vehicle came into 

 collision mth the engine of a passing tramcar. The omnibus was 



considerably damaged, and H was thrown from his seat, and 



so much injured that he was detained at the Hospital. 



J. R was driving a horse and cart laden with ten people, 



at Walsall, Avhen his horse shyed at an approaching tramcar. The 

 horse swerved to one side, and the cart came in contact with the 

 car, and was overturned, the axle being broken, and three or four 

 of the occupants of the car injured, one of them seriously. 



Mr. Wainwright, farmer, of Crow Greaves, Bridgnorth, was 

 out driving with a horse and trap, when one of the wheels of the 

 vehicle caught in the tram rail, and skidded along, causing the 

 horse to fall down. One of the shafts was broken, and Mr. Wain- 

 wright was thrown out, but was not injured. 



As a dray was being driven down Tipton Road it was run into 

 by the engine of one of the tramcars plying on the road. The 



