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BERLIN TRAM SMASH
A tram accident which occurred in the
outskirts of Berlin writes the Tele-
correspondent of the London "Daily Tele-
graph") has already cost five lives, and
fujtJicf dead arc expected among the jn-j
Surcd, ivlio, including slighter cases, n'uui- '
bee nearly MO, ' I
' Tramcars toupled together liad just Jcft
the Stadium, where a largely attended
football match was nearly at its end, and
| were crowded to tbe utmost cspa^iiy by
? people who preferred to rairs the c!o_fe of
play rather tiian face 3. walk home in a
! snows-tonn then ragin?.
Ait-.-r ;i short run downhill tbe trams
Kad to take a sharp curve into the main
read, which leads straight into the centre
of the city, .md at this point ttie driver
fvrnis to have Iniled ;o apply his brakes
wii.ii tlic neces?arv promptitude. At any
rate, the first car Jfft the rail? at the bend,
o\o:',un;f-d. and 'JiagS-J ever the two
trailers with i:.
Many of tne passenger;" m*v disaster
cctn.uz and uttered shrieks of alarm be
fore the accident actually happened. A
fe?- on the platform had the presence of
mind to jump off before the crash cam<\
and they alone escaped completely un
scathed.
1 The screams of the others jriiraed down
beneath die overturned cars and struc
sJmjr to escape thronjrb the broken win
.'lows seems to have unnerved the passcrs
,by 'and caused them to lose their heads,
for Tiwrly half an hour elapsed before
effective help in the shape of the fire
brigade and ambulances arrived. In the
meanwhile very little seems to have been
Hone to help the sufferers. The task of
i-pscue was rendered very difficult for the
penerai public owin<; to the fact that
mort of the injuries wore cuts from s>rol>Pil
plass. ,-.ndit ww not rasy ior laymen r.t
nncr to diftinpuisTi whK-h of tTieni were
vraTly ycrToiis.
Am?ns the fujiirrH were tlio British
Vitc-CoiiMjl. Mr. Pomcrny. and h's ?vii>.
The I'oruici- £.ibt.Ti'nod cuts and hruiecf,
\vliile the latter mas merely bruieed, __ .
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