"WAIT TILL THE TRAIN STOPS!"

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2134, 28 April 1914, Page 3

"WAIT TILL THE TRAIN STOPS!"

A ra&WHAM IKCIDEJfc I Just prior to the 4.63 p.m. Welling ton-bound train warning Alongside the Trentham Racecourse passenger plat- \ form oji Saturday a heavy shower of j rain earns on, and • consequently when the carriages moved by the. shelterless I crowd made a rnavb than usually vigorous rush to get m board -befofo'tho train stopped. In the struggle ,in elderly man who had •caught hold of one of tho carriage hand-rails was swept off his feet, and to tho consternation of tho spectators'he was dragged -along ill perilous, plight, brnnping' between the con-erete-edged. pla.tfonn and the following car. Fortunately a trio.of then with a worthy.■ presence of mind emerged from ' among their panic-stricken follows and se-bed hold of the swaying man by coat, collar,, and legs, awl_ running besides maintained their grip till the train pulled up. .And then the voieo of a porter eould bo hoard calling but, "Wait till the train stops, please F" To tho eyewitnesses of the ineideht, with its few thrilling seconds, tiro advice, belated though it was, will probably bo noted for future obedience. "The precipitate passenger, doubtless in addition to some bumps and bruises, had some food for reflection—and thankfulness—during the journey to the city.