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Description: | This accident happened on 5th February 1916 at the corner of Bensham Road and Saltwell Road, opposite the garden of Bensham Grove. Thre were 4 fatalites - a family of three and a serviceman who were walking on Bensham Road and were trapped by the overturned tram. The tram driver, leonard Janes was later acquitted of manslaughter. The Gateshead and District Tramways Company was established in 1880. The company built three routes: to Heworth, to Teams and to Low Fell. Originally the trams were pulled by steam engines but by 1900 work had begun to convert the steam-hauled trams to electric traction. In 1903 extensions were made to Dunston and Ravensworth Waggonway. Tram stops were also introduced, as previously the driver was obliged to stop at any point along the route if he was hailed. In 1909 there were further extensions to Saltwell Cemetery and Springwell Road. Although a link up with the Newcastle tram system had been suggested as early as 1904, Gateshead and Newcastle would not be linked by tram until 1923. The lines ran across the High Level bridge, replacing the traditional service of horse-drawn brakes which had operated since the 1880s. After World War Two a service of omnibuses began in Gateshead and the tramways began to close. The last tramway closed in 1951.. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.asaplive.com/Lco/Lco.cfm?ccs=629&cs=2674&Preview=1 | Publisher: | Gateshead Council | Rights holder: | Gateshead Council | Subjects: | Disasters Trams | Temporal: | name=Edwardian; start=1901; end=1910; | Source: | iSee Gateshead | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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