New On 30Th December 1952, An Incident Described Equally ‘1 Inwards 150,000’ Past Times The Daily Mail Occurred When Tower Dyad Began To Opened Upwardly Amongst A No.78 Double Decker Motorbus On It. (Thanks Tony)

Albert Gunter, the driver had been operating the motorbus at nearly 12mph when all of a precipitous the northern arm of the distich began to lift. Gunter realised that he had no pick exactly to speed upwards otherwise the vehicle would induce got fallen into the River Thames. Luckily the due south side was slower to elevator which meant that the motorbus dropped the much to a greater extent than preferable several feet in addition to miraculously remained upright.

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Of the twenty passengers, iv were treated for kid injuries on the bridge, 10 were taken to Guy’s Hospital including the driver in addition to the conductor, in addition to xi twelvemonth quondam Peter Dunn of Bermondsey suffered a fractured collarbone.

The aftermath of the Tower Bridge incident saw Albert Gunter becoming something of a kid celebrity. His buddies nicknamed him "parachute", in addition to the West London Observer reports that Gunter was chosen to gauge a driving competition, exactly the best is that after seven months of existence afraid of travelling on world carry due to the incident, Miss May Walshaw lastly conquered her fears past times taking the same road amongst Gunter across the same bridge.

Two weeks afterward she was married amongst Albert Gunter every bit her best man!