NARROW ESCAPE OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES.
(JPBR PRESS A8S00IATIOS .) VißNlfATTSspt6Tnber-&8r---. H.R.H. the Princess of Wales and her daughters had a narrow escape from death to day, while out driving at Gmunden. They were being driven m a pony carriage by an equerry, and when near one of the level crossings of the railway line, the h.ors.e backed into a passing train. The accident happened m a peculiar manner. The carriage was crossing the line, when the automatic barriers fell, thus preventing the carriage from making an advance or retreating. Colonel Stanley Clarke, who was attending Her Royal Highness, was successful m dragging the carriage to one side of the level crossing just before the express train passed. The Princess received a severe shaking, and returned to the Palace.
[The ra lway m question is a branch of the Lie z-SaVuirg line, having iti terminus at Gmunden J London, September 23. At Marlborough House it is denied that the life of the Princess of Wales was imperilled m the accident at Gmunden.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1953, 25 September 1888, Page 2
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172NARROW ESCAPE OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1953, 25 September 1888, Page 2
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