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...Bridge ramp sent a group of pedestrians helter-skelter, bounced off a trolley car, mounted three curbs, dragged a steel traffic cable & stanchions 10 ft., crushed through a newsstand, cracked a subway kiosk, stopped at the head of the subway stairs. Extricating himself uninjured from the wreckage, Chauffeur Jacob Selditch said : "I guess maybe them brakes ought to be tightened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Hounds | 5/30/1932 | See Source »

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