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

327 suonmtileMwaerrceh s3t1ill unable by virtue of their injuries to attend, he adjourned the Inquest once again st . He closed by informing the jury, “It may be possible that I shall have no cause to call upon you again”. On March 17 th Walter Hope who had been summonsed to appear before Haslingden Police Cwoaunrtto, nwma as ncnoemr ma ni dt t eddr i vt oi n gt riina la cmh aa rngneedr dwaint hg emr oaunsstl oa ut ghhe tsear,f ectayuosfi nt hge bpoudbilliyc . h a r m b y d r i v i n g i n a Mr O. C. Evans appeared for the prosecution, whilst Mr Frank Britcliffe was Counsel for the defence. The third charge of driving in a manner dangerous to the safety of the public was dropped. Evans stated that where this crash had occurred the highway was 29 feet and 4 inches wide, af rnodmt ht he edri as ti la no fc e1 5f r ionmc htehse l ek ae vr bi ntgo at hc lee tarra pma tl hi noe f w1 a1sf e1e2t faene dt a1nidn c4hi. nTchhee sm. To thoer tbr ua ms i nh aqdu ea snt ioovne rwhaasn 7g fTeheet abnuds 5w ei ni gc hh ee ds wi ni da et , 4wthoinc sh al enfdt a7 scpwatcse, wo fh3i l sf et et th ae nt dr a8mi nhcahde sa fwo re itghhet bouf s1 t0o tpo ansss asnadf e1l y7 bcywtthse. Tc ha re. cTohnesster uwcet iroenb oa fc kt eh de bf ryo ns tte ee nl dp l ao tf etsh. eT ht rearme cwaar s caolns soi sat ebdu fof ef ra osf o½l i d” tghi ri cdke rs treeei ln wf ohr ci cehd rbayn oa ar ok ubneda mt hse. cwahbi ci hn wa esreemei x- ct ei rncdl ee. dTihnitso ttohoe wb oa ds ys uo pf pt hoer tceadr. uOpno tnh tewpol ast tf oe er ml g ti hr de er er wf r aa ms ae sc oanntdr ot lwboo xs taene dl st uh pe pdoarsths ce oa nc hs i sot fe dwohf i cahmwe teai gl hs he di e l adbwo uhti c h1 aclws ot , r aa nn da rwo uenr ed thhoeu sc ea db . iTnh ear ec uwpebroe atrwd o bl ea nr geea tcho itl hs eo f s rt ea si ri ss .t eHr se, suggested that the presiding magistrates should make a mental note of these. On coming together the steel bar at the front of the tramcar was broken into two pieces, wf l ahtitlesnt etdh ea nt dw ot h es ucpopnot rrot ilnbgo xg iwr daesr bs rwo keer en cdlreiavne no fuf .pS ot hvriooul egnht twhaes ftlhoeo ri mi nptaoc tt ht heact atbh.e Tc ho en t dr oals bh owx aast tt hh ee rcooandd,uwc thoirc’hs Ee nvadnosf stthaet ecda rg awvaesaanl sion dbircoakt ieonnoofff tiht semfooroc rei no fg st h. Te hi me pt wa cot .c o i l s we re t h ro w n o u t o n t o The front end of the bus was mounted on two girder frames which had at their ends mf i rosut natni ndg sb oktnho wwne raes d‘ Daumma bg eIdr ,o nt hs ’e. Trhaed iDa tuomr bwIarso ndsi sol no dtgheedd ar invde r f’ si nsi isdhee do f ut ph eobvue sr ht hi te t hc ea bt r ao mf tchaer tramcar, but this apart the bus had come off relatively unscathed. It was the intention of Mr Evans to call all of the passengers on both vehicles, along with a lt ohrartyt hd irsi vbeur sa ws wa se dl l uaes tboo dt he pt ha er t cAo cncdrui nc gt ot or sn, sa ot 1t h0a: 1t 7t haeni rd eavrirdi ev ne ci en cHoausl ldi nbged ee vnatl ou wa tne dc. eHn et r ae l saot 1s t0a: t2e8d, ab ny dc ot hnitse wn doiunlgd irte wq uaisr et haen sapveeer adgaet swp ehei cdho tf h2e3 bmuisl ews apse rt rhaov ue lrl. i Mn gr oBnr i ti cml ipf faec rt atihs ae td wa ac sh at hl l ee ni gmeptoorttha inst, factor here. Evans said that the bus had departed Accrington on time and had reached Acre at 10:25 wi nhc liuc hd emd eaasntto pt hiant Bt ha xee na vdeerna. gTehsepdereidv eor nh at dh i sa l ssoe cot vi oenr t ahkaedn bae ve enh 2i c0l e½smh oprht,l yb bu et f ot hr ae t r et ha icsh ihnagdAnc roet aAns ds i sbt ae ny ot nBdo rRo iusgi nhgS uBrrvi de ygoe r hoaf dH abselei nng rduennn, ci nogn fiinr mt he de tcheenst rpee eodf s tehset i rmoaatde. dMbry ETvhaonms .a s Wa t s o n , t h e Police Constable Walmersley was on point duty in the centre of Haslingden when he was ct raal lme dd rt oi v eart the andd bt eheensrceemn eo voef dt ht oe hcor as ps hi t, aal . rHr iev isnagi datbhoaut tb3y 0t hme ni ntuhtee st waof t evrewh iacrl de ss , hbayd wb ehei cnhs et ipma rea tt eh de bo fy tahbeo ub tu as ywaarsd , aabnodu tn oa t ef odotthaact reovsesr yt hwe i tnrdaomwl i ni ne ,t ht he eb Du su mh abd Ibr eoenn wbar so kt ewni sbt ye dt hwe iitmh pt ahcet .mTuhde - wg uhaeredl ks cnaot ct ek reedd baal lc ka cor ov es sr ti ht se frrooandt . wWhheeenl . qTuhees t fi roonnetd pbl ya t Mf orr mB r oi tfc l ti hf f ee , ttrhaemPc Ca rc ownaf si r mc reuds ht ehda t wa il tl ht hdee wb rai ys farwo amy. ”DHe ae rwd eans gtahteent ha sekfeodg, “wDai sd vyeoruy edxeanms ien. e“ It hc eo ublrda kneost osne et ht eh eb us cs e? ”n et ouwn thi il cIh wh ae sr ea pb loi eu dt , t “eNn oy Sa irrd, sI wB eaas t br iuc seyGt raikf fi int gh swsi tt anteesds tsht aa tt esmh ee nwt sa, sa nt hdr bo yw tnh et htri omueg hI ht ahde df loonoer tohf et hb eu sc ahra do nb ei me np taocwt ea ds tahwea by o”. aMr dr ss had split open!