One killed, three injured when police car crashes with fugitive car in East Ham. Furrier's shop raided. One man was killed and two others seriously injured and taken to the East Ham Memorial Hospital, and one police officer was also injured after a thrilling chase through East Ham , after which a police car rammed a fugitive car. Mr E E Calver, a Furrier , of East Ham High Street North, was awakened by the sound of breaking glass and looked out in time to see a car driving away. He dialled 999 and a flying squad car gave chase. Almost immediately. The fugitive car accelerated to about 70 miles an hour. But the police car. In East Ham High Street. The police forced the other car into the kerb and both cars crashed into a lamp standard. The runaway car was wrecked and the police car less seriously damaged. Five further coats were stolen from the furrier's shop. Photo shows, the damaged police car after the crash. 12 January 1938