HOW A RUNAWAY TRAIN WAS STOPPED.
FUND IN RECOGNITION OF CLAUDE'S SERVICES. FBI TELEGRAKH— PBESS ASSOCUTIOK.J AUCKLAND, This Day. In connection with tho stopping of a> runaway train by Mr. Claude at Westfield, further particulars show that whea Claude caught sight of the runaway train it waa 100 yards away and the express oae mile and a-lialf distant, both travelling down a decline — the express at twenty miles an hour and the runaway at eight miles an hour, Claude jumped on the Tunaway and -applied the Westmghouse brakes, waved a red light to the express, and informed tho two passengers of thoir danger. When the express pulled up it was within two yards of the runaway. Evea if the driver of the express had seen the danger earlier he could not hays averted a collision. The Hon. J. Carroll (Acting Prime Minister) and tho Hon. A. Thorns George, M.L.C., have hca-led a subscription to a fund to recognise Claude s service. It is intended to recommend the Government to do something svib-. staninal in that direction. [Further particulars of the occurrerio* are given on page 3 of this issue.]
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 91, 19 April 1911, Page 6
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189HOW A RUNAWAY TRAIN WAS STOPPED. Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 91, 19 April 1911, Page 6
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