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

369 tahnadt tthhiiss wb uo us lwd ar se qduuier et oa nd ea pv ea rr at gAec sc pr ienegdt oonf 2a 3t 1m0i:l1e7s pa enrd haorur irv. eMirnBHr iatsclliinf fgedreani steodwanc cheanl lterne gaet t1o0t:h2i8s ,, bfayctcoornhteenred.ing it was the speed at which the bus was travelling on impact that was the important 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! The Chief Tramway Inspector, George Edwin Birtwistle, of Pansy Street in Accrington, who wt r aa ms cha al l de db et oe nt hset astci oe nn ea rayt a1t1t hoe’ c ltoi mc ke, twhaesr ec rwo os su-ledx ha ma vien ebde ebny nMorpBorwi tecrl i fafvea. iHl aeb cl eo nf of irr mt heede tmh ea rt gi ef nt hc ye bt hrea ksep et oe dwmo ruks, tbhuatvsei nbceee nt hlioswb rf oa kr et hhea db rbaekeens taop pc ol ime de tohne icna trhme uwsat ys tt ihl la ht at hvee ybhe ae dn . i n m o t i o n , b u t t h a t Harry Pilling, the Tramway Manager, said that this particular car, car number 23, had been rt oe bt uh iel tma ob toourtmf oa un r, bt ou tf iivne ay ceoa lrlsi spi or ne vwi oi ut hs l ay.nTohme npilba ut fso rhme wwoaus l cdohnasvt reuecxt pe de citne do rtdheart taot gr ai vme cparrottoe chtai ovne cboums heaodffmwoournstte. dBtuhtethpilsatafomromunotf tohfedcaamr.age could not just be attributed to structural faults, as the Another passenger on the bus, Raymond Clifford Wheeler, testified that having given careful cpount tsiindge rt ahtei osnp eheedpaut tatbhoeustp1e0e dt oo1f 5t hme pbhu.s Haos wi ne veex rc, easlsl wo fe3r e0 ma gprhe,ebdutthoatthseprepe adshs ea nd gneor ts bdei de nn roet daugcreede after they had entered thick fog. ( One thing in which all the passengers were agreed was they were to sue Ribble Motor Services for compensation .) John Condron was driving a lorry belonging to Kearns Allen at about 6 mph when the bus passed him about two hundred yards past the Rising Bridge Hotel, at between 10 to 12 mph he said. Alan Morley of Whalley Road in Clitheroe, the Chief Mechanic at Ribble’s Pimlico Road Go vaer rahg ae u, lceodnef ivremr ye ds i xt hwa te etkhsi so fb suesr vwi caes. “aT hL ee yf laacnt dt hTa itgiet rwwa sh oi cnh awn aesx pornelsys rs oi xu tme odni dt hn’ so toml de aann di t ww aa ss ewxapse fci tt et eddt ow oi tpheDr aetwe aant dt iol pV as cpceoe-dHsy, dbruatuol inc l yb rtahkaet si, t s ruapnp sl eemr vei nn tge nd obt ya al l ht ha ne ds tborpask”e, awd hd iecdh Mwoorrlkeeyd. o“ Int tsht oepr ewairt hwi nh ei tesl so wo fnt hl ei ns gbt uh s, aonndl yi. ”f tWr ahveenl l iansgk ae td hhael f sot af ttehda,t “sWp eheedn wt roauvledl l hi nagl t ai tn 2f i0vme py ahr tdhsi, sbbuut sI cc oo uu ll dd nb roat kseasy wh eorwe af al lr hi ta rwdoounl d, It ar al svoe lf oi nu nt hd etshea ct ot hn ed ibt iuosn ws . aI shiandt he ixradmgienaerd”, thhei sa bd ud se da.f tHeer wt haes carsaksehda, n“ Wd ht haet issp et he ed itno pt hsepteheidr dogfetahri?s” bhuesw? ”a sHaes ka ends w. “eBreetdw ebeyns2a y0i na ng di t3 c0omupl dh”r, ehaecrhe p4l5i emdp. h . “ W h a t w o u l d b e t h e Bus driver Hope, a former Dragoon Guard and chauffeur, was called. He confirmed he had bi neceenp ti ni o tnh oe ne me vpelroyy oonf eRoi bf bhlies fwo ro rf ok ui nrgyde aa yr ss ,. aHnedc ho na df i rdmr ievde nh et hhea Md aonv ce hr teaskt ee rn st ewr ov i lcoer rs ii ensc ea ni tds wr eacse ni nt