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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17124, 20 April 1921, Page 9

An incident which .happened on the Coburrr and Fawkner line (Victoria) a few days ago, recalled George Stephenson's famous saying, when asked what would happen if a cow got on a railfray lino, that it would bo "verra bad for tho coo." In this case it was had for the train also. Whilo the 11.37 a.m. train from Fawkner to .Melbourne was travelling between Fawkner and Coburg, it struck a cow which had ■wandered on to the line. Tho trip Talre of tho motor was damaged, and as. a consequence the train had to bo caifeellcd for the remainder of the journey. The corresponding train from the city—tho 12.17 p.m.—was also cut out. The terse official report of the occurrence did not state what tie. cow's injuries were. A peculiar case, illustrating the delicacy of the human larynx, was re ferred to by thb Hoxton (England) coroner at the inquest on a 13-months-old child, who was suffocated by swallowing a thimble. A slight blow on the larynx, said the coroner, had been known to cause death. In fact, a case was on record where a bov lightly tapped a woman on what is commonly called the "Adam's apple," and she immediately expired. He recorded ia verdict, of death bv misadventure in the present mstaiica*