A FEMALE ENGINE DRIVER

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1759, 6 February 1888, Page 3

A FEMALE ENGINE DRIVER

The " New York World " tells an extraordinary story «hioh has just coma t light of a woman who b*a been for many months employed on » Connecticut Rail way, m a mau'a disguise, as an engine driver. She is, thu narrative says, at< Eogliah girl named Mvtie Morgan, who : arrived m America about two yeara ago. ! While living m Condon she was m lovr with an engine driver on the " Flying Scotchman " train between L mdon and the North, and with the assistance of he ■<weot heart m order to be near him, she d'sgnlsed herself And got a post as Btnker on tha engine, and had dona the work for • year when he (the yoong man) was kuled on the line In her griefs Mattle let her sex be known, and the result was that she flad to tin United States. When her money was done she ciiegaised herself Hgiin and git a plaoe as fireman on a railway ; and after nerving two years she was promoted to engine driver of a nigh> mail tram. This pst she held for sc m time, but one or two acoidencs— in two of watch her engine ran down and Ulleo men on the line preyed upon her ard she fell ill. Then she v.avo up her j >b. for good aid all, and returned woman's dress, »Dd now It is stated, she is aboat to be married to a factory entjlueeer. Suoti is tne story. Ie is addid that " Mattie is ab iat 24 years old. She hee lUht*oo)ored banned hair, large dark eyes and (s quite handsome.