A LUCKY ESCAPE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 736, 8 February 1910, Page 6

A LUCKY ESCAPE.

i A lady, who was driving a putnam trap along the Bolmont Road, a 6hort distance above, the-Lower Hutt . Railway Station/ on Saturday afternoon',- had a Very' lucky, escape from a serious,, if . not'fatal, accident.-' A 6. the volunteer special train from Trentham to 'Wellington was . Hearing the: crossing just above the'station, about 6.30 p.m., -those, on • boaid" 'observed a runaway. The horse, a' spirited animal, was ; attached to >a' light' pu.tnam, and apparently startled by; the : oncoming.'train—the line was. close to '.the'.road for a able' distance along!, that';.section:.of the rail-viay—was tearing along' at full gallop, while the lady'waii pulling plnckilyaithe rieina. She was. aloiie' in .extremity; and-was apparently acutely, conscious of the terrible crisis'. .which seemed,', to lie right ahead. From, the; pace 'at 'whioh the frightened animal .was' gallopiiig, iit looked as if the conveyance would, inevit ably! orash into the train, at the crossing. At that point the road turns across the line at a sharp angle. Fortunately, the driver of; the : train realised the'danger of the situation, slowed .down, and'pulled up a few yards from the crossing. In another second the maddened animal thundered across the line,' and encountered another vehicle. 1 The runaway swerved,'faltered, aid was promptly captured by a bystander OJid led quietly down, a side street, while, the lady walked after it,, apparently, n<me the worse for ,her thrilling,'experionce.: As, the tra'iii'passed , by, a- rpusing -cheei' testified, to the ,riflemen's apprecia-' tkw.of tlie,:pkcky woman.';, •