Accrington on Rails - The Tramways: A Complete History - Robert Kenyon

Association would be held in London on the 23 rd , for the specific purpose of considering the deletion of Part V of the (Municipal Omnibus Powers) Bill. It also invited representatives from Accrington to be present at this conference, and it was resolved that the Chairman, Vice-Chair and the Transport Manager would attend. The Committee then considered the “hardship” caused from time to time on the omnibus service between Accrington and Blackburn, due to the fact that passengers who had booked return tickets, were unable to return on an omnibus because of the extra demand for seating accommodation. The Committee considered whether such passengers should be allowed to return to Accrington by tramcar. It was then resolved the Transport Manager should confer with his Blackburn counterpart on this subject and report back. The Transport Committee met again when a letter was received from a firm of advertising contractors, asking if the Council would be prepared to grant permission for the placing of notices on the tramway standards, suitable to payment of a suitable sum in rent. It was resolved to refuse this request. February On February 14 th , 1930, the Motorman of an Accrington tram, David Murdock, was fatally injured when his vehicle was hit head-on by an express bus of the Ribble Motor Services Company at Acre. The Accrington Observer & Times of February 15 th , 1930 contained the following report - An Accrington Corporation tramcar was in head-on collision with a bus from Ribble Motor Stheervmicoersn, iinngthoifckthfeog14between Stonefold Church and the Great Tree public house at Acre at 10:25 on th . The tram was returning from Haslingden to town with two passengers on bthoearsdinwglheitlrsat mthterabcuks,ooccpuepraietsintghethceen0t9r:e2o5f stehrevhicigehtwo aMy.anchester was carrying seven. At this point The bus driver, Walter Hope of Russell Street in Clitheroe, stated that he had not encountered faogga iunnbt iyl Bt haex eg na tdeesnoMf Oi sas ki oHn .i lHl Po awrekvoe nr, tMh ae nn chhee sr taenr iRnot oa da, vwe hr yi c dh ewn as es pt haitnc ha na dn dp ahtacdh ys l ao nwde dh addo wc l enatroe da crawling pace when the collision occurred. The conductor of the tram, Albert Riding of Jubilee Street in Oswaldtwistle, said the visibility amt pthh.e Ht ei mwe aws at hs rloe ws snt ht oa nt hf ei v ef l oyoarr dbsy, at hn ed iems tpi ma cat ,t eadn dt hde essppei teed roe fc et hi vei ntgr acmu t as t t on oh ims ohraen tdh aa nn d4 hoera 5d wt her no tu gt oh tthhee assaslios ot ann ct oe oo fp eMnr st hGer idf foi tohrs oanntdo ht ehre df raoung th toefr. t Hh ea vcianrg, ws eheenr et hhe em f os aufnedl y tohfef hder i tvheer,n Dwa ev ni dt Ms uus rt ad ioncekd osfe vSet er ei nhe er aSdt ri ne ej ut riine s A. Hc cer iwn ga tsotnr ,a ps lpuemd paendd ouvnecro nt hs ec i of ruosn bt uotf wt hi teh ct rhues hh ee ldp polfa Dt f oo cr mt o r hEavvai nn gs wf r oh mo h tahpep enneeadr bt yo bKee ad roni ns g Ahl il se nr o Fu ancdt so ri ny At oc r et a, kh ee wt haes ai nb jl ue rteod l i mf t ahni mt of r eHe a. sAl i nl ogrdr ey nw, absu st u tmh mi s o wn eads isnc teenrec.eMp tuerdd bo yc ka nw aasmtbhuelna nt ac ek ewnhtioc hA hc cardi nbgeteonn ’ cs aVl liecdt obr yi a DHoocst po ri t aMl ,awr thi ne rwe hhoi shcaodnadlistoi oanr rwi vaes dc aouns ti nh ge grave concern. Several hours later the unfortunate man passed away. Remarkably the bus driver sustained only minor injuries, as it was said the bus seemed to sRtoabnidn suopn toof St th. eP ai mu lp’ saSc tt r ei ne ta, Lmo wa nMn eoro rf ai nr Cs ul ipt heer iroore , two atsh ea l st or aamt t. eTnhdee dc ot on db yu cDt or rMoafr ttihne. Hbeu sh,a Jdo gs eopnhe tgoi vtehne hciamb ao fv ti ghoe rbouuss ws hhaekrien gh eh ef owu na sd ahbi sl e dtroi vgeert dhai mz e dd oawn nd fsrl ou mm pt he de coavbe.r Ot fh tehset es ee rvienng pwa hs seeenl , ghear vs i on ng tbhreuibseuds asnodmien wsheorceka. ble to continue their journeys on a following service, despite being shaken, By 13:30 the tram had been removed to the Ellison Street Sheds, and a normal service had rReossusmenedda, laenVdalwlehy.ilst the line was blocked buses had provided a through service to and from the The Inquest was held two days later at Accrington Town Hall, with the Town Clerk rder pi vreers. eTnht ei n Cg otuhnet yC oCropr oo rnaetri ,oMn , r aFnrda nMk eRs os rws l aPn. d&, sWa i. dAhs he wh oa dr t ht a ko ef nP rt he se t oo np ,p ao pr tpuenairt iyn tgo f eo xr a tmh ei n Re ibbobtl he tt hh ee tl er af tmt chaer daanmd at ghee tbou tshaen tdr ahma dwc oo uml de tnoo tt hhea cv oe nbcel ue sni oans tehxat et nhsai dv et, hwe hbiul sst bt eh ee nbtur sa vheal ldi nagp fpuerat rheedr tt oo

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