RUNAWAY TRAIN.
); -v-fA'brave;DEED(REWARDED^';:; By TereErap'ii--Proa3 Asßociation-Oopyrieht ••-''-•,;'.:''' • • .; Melbourne,- February; 15;.". :: ; The .Railway-Commissioners', have- pre-, sented a", foreman'riariied Heiiry with .£2O aii'd;ajgold medal,for..stopping :traiii..CT ;-''-.. ; :y.-;"' ' , ■•:' "■ ;; : ; ; V;-bEFECm : 70n January. 2i,° according to an official 1 report; to the; Victorian, Railways .Depart- : riient,',; a -goods. train broke ; ; away.,;nenr ;SUnbury,.-and dashed;■ through the "Suriburystation ori a down'grade at the rate of about;7s miles.per'hour. I .'-.' *'•'.:-.■' ■■' ';. ;The brakes' on' the train' Tefiised to.act. ,'Henry,:. a "foreman ;of works;, who- was travelling von ,the 7 van; 'recognising.' the ;danger,7of'the 'runaway's .trip, . crawled out along fifteen trucks and dropped the .'brake on. each one;as he..passed.' The ■ deedSwas ■ a ; remarkably plucky one, ;con- ■ sidering.:the -, fate .'at, which. the',train' was travelling; and it enabled' the- officials to" j regain -their: lost control;.'. ;-' 7 .:,A-Departmental;'inquiry into the inoi-i dent,', .was... held. ■'■ Since, - then'i the j failure of. the .brakes t on a goods train at Beaufort,'and' the consequent;: loss ; of , : three: lives,', have, brought, the 'state; of the Victorian .railways' into still, greater'prominonce. It has been .alleged' the .railways are.ibeing.starvediiarid.-that■ men' ;are.being. overworked .in isrder to 'show a jproht.;,';;, .';:;;..;.■;;;:;':;:...'::.:: ■: ,■",
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 743, 16 February 1910, Page 7
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177RUNAWAY TRAIN. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 743, 16 February 1910, Page 7
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