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Dog kennel hill is a dangerous place
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL TRAMWAYS
Ministry of Transport,
14th August, 1925.
SIR,
I have the honour to report for the information of the Minister of Transport, in accordance with the Minute of the 4th August, the result of my Inquiry into the circumstances of an accident which occurred at 8.21 a.m. on the 31st July at Dog Kennel Hill, East Dulwich, on the London County Council tramway system.
As car No. 226 was ascending this hill and had reached a point approximately coincident with the top of the steepest portion of the gradient, the power supply was cut off and the car commenced to run backwards down the hil finally coming into collision with car No. 1704, which was standing at the time near the foot of the gradient.
As a result of the accident there were 38 cases of personal injury, including the motormen and conductors of both cars. A number of the cases of injury were quite slight, 19 of the passengers complaining only of shick, and there were fortunately no serious cases.