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

367 swuhs ot ahi naepdp es ne ve edr et ohbe ea dd oi ni nj ugr ihei ss . rHoeu nwdass i tnr aApcpr ee d, haen dw ausn ca obnl es ct ioo ul i sf t bhui tmwf irtehe t. hAe l ho er rl py owf aDs oscut mo rmEovna ends fi nr ot emr c et hp et e dn ebayr ba yn aKme abrunl as n Ac el l ewnh iFc ahcht oardy b teoe nt ac ka el l e tdh be y i nDjoucrteodr Mmaarnt i nt ow hHoa shl iandg adlesno, abr ur itv etdh ios n wt ha es sgcrea nv ee .cMo nucredronc. kS ewvaesr atlhheonutraskleant etrot hAec curni nf ogrttounn’ sa tVei cmt oarni ap aHsossepdi taawl ,awy. h e r e h i s c o n d i t i o n w a s c a u s i n g 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 ce os tmi me aot ue t t ho fe tahmi s ocuonl lti soi of nc ui lnp abbeitlti et yr st hh aa tp ec .o Hu led rbeem ai nt tdrei bduttheed jtuor ya nt hy aot nt eh epye rhsaodn .a Rreems peomn sbiebri l itthye st oe wn eogrldi gsehnec es awi de n, “t Ibne oy or dnedr t thoa te sotf acbol mi s hp ecnr si ma tiinoanl bl ieatbwi lei teyn tshueb fj ea cc tt ss , ma nuds ts hb oe ws eu dc ha tbhl aa tt ai nn t ydoi us rreog pa ri ndi of onr, tt hh ea t l ievvei sd eanncde tmh eu sstagf eot yb eoyf oontdh et hr sa te onfo ou rgdhi nt oa raymnoe ug lni gt et no cae cerni omueg ha gt aoi ng si vt et hr ies eS ttaot ea”.c iHv ei l ec ma spe h. Da sriisveedr Hs eovpeer ahl aodf et hl eec tpeads steonogfef resr oe nv i dt he en cbeu tso atnhdi s MI nr qs uGi rr yi f, f ietvhesnwt hh oo uwg ha s hoenwt ahse nt roat mo bwl i eg reed sttoi l ld roe cs oe i. vBi nugt tprreoactemeednintgasnudntuilnMabalrechto4that. tend, so that the Coroner had no other option but to adjourn the At this hearing the conductor of the tram was again questioned. He stated that at the time of tt hh ee ccraars hwve irsei boi lni t. yHwe assa vi de,r y“ I bwa da sa nf idr sht eacl eorutleddown lhyesne et haeb odur ti vfei vre syt aa rr dt esde vt oe na pt hpol yu gsha na dl l tthoe t lhi ge hltisn eosn, fmo lol roewtehda nb y6 amni laeps ppl ei craht ioounr oaft tthhea tetmi me reg. eHnec aydbmr ai tkt ee ”d. Hh ee wt haosungohtt otuhta to nt hteh et rraema r wpal ast ftor ar vme lwl i nh ge raet t nh oe cr eoanrd uo fc ttohre sshaol ouol dn nwohr emna tl lhye rci do el l,i sbi ou nt boecccauur sr ee do. fHteh eh ai nd t ea ns ss ies tceodl dMhr es Gwrai sf f iat hc tsu aa nl l dy hs aetr idnas ui dgeh taetr tohfef tfrheeecdarrivaenrdMthuerdnowcke.nt to the front to open the door. There with the help of another he was able to The conductor of the bus, Joseph Robinson was questioned by the Coroner who asked him, “bAett wweheant es ipgehet da nwdo tuel nd my oi lue ss apye rt hh eo ubru. “sI wwaass tsrt aa vnedl il ni nggi na tt ht he es ttai imr we eol fl wt hhee na ctchi ed ecnr at ?s”h Hh ea pspaei dn ei dt wa nads Ie i wt haesr tohnr ot hwen f ltooo tr hoer fsl ol uomr. pI etdh eo nv egr otth eu ps eaant sd, mw eo ns tt ot of wt hheo ma s ss ieset ma necde t oo f bteh ei n psahsos ce kn”g. e“ rDsi dwyhoou wt heer ne go ov etro tthhee sat seseirsitnagn cwehoefe yl oi nu ra dvreirvye rd?a”zYeeds s, tI awt ee. nI tsthoo ho iks hc iamb av ni gdo roopuesnl ey da nt hde hdeocoarmt oe frionudnhdi me nsol uu gmhpfeodr mfogegtyoSgiert”.him out of the cab”. Was it still very foggy at this time he was asked? “Yes, it was still very Mr Frank Eatough, a Commercial Traveller, of Blackburn Road in Great Harwood, was sitting bwei ht hi nhdi st hhee addr isvtei lrl ’ si nc ab ba nadnadg ewsahs et hwraoswans kf oe rdw, “aI rnd yhoiut tri no gp ihniiso nh ewa ads otnh et hbeu sb ut rl ka vheelal idn. gGti ov oi n fga setv fi od re nt hc ee