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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2148, 2 August 1907, Page 2

TOO MUCH REALISM. STARTLING CINEMATOGRAPH ADVENTURE. r ) On the railway at Stoats Nest, f near Purley, some few miles south of 3 London, a man named William Zeitz, , aged 48, met with an accident in 5 curious circumstances. It was bad i enough for him, as his injuries included a scalp wound, broken ribs, and shock. Zeitz possessed a docile dog—a big . brindled Danish hound—which ran about his home at Croydon, and advantage was taken of this fact' by a - ; firm of cinematograph film manufacturers to arrange a thrilling train-.-wrecking scene ,and the frustration of villainy by means of the faithful animal. This was the programme: Two ruffians (represented by the firm’s men) . were to place sleepers on -the metals with the idea of wrecking the Brighton express. From his box 'tW signalman notes the tactics of the wouldbe train-wreckers, and dashes out to remove the obstruction. But the ruf- * fians overcome him, bind him to the rails, and decamp. Enter the canine hero, with the signalman’s dinner in a basket. The modern Dog of 1 ' Montargis 'immediately grasps the position of affairs, and trots off for help. With a rattle and' a roar the express dashes up, but just as a terrible catastrophe appears unavoidable, the signalman’s wife arrives, stops the train, and saves her husband. So far, so good. But accidents will happen, and one occurred in this case.. At the crucial moment there was a slight error. Tho train failed to stop as arranged, went plump into the sleepers, and sent one of them Hying against Mr. Zeitz, with the unfortunate results mentioned. In an interview, Mrs. Zeitz said: “It is quite true wo arranged to wreck a train for some cinemato- ' graph people, but we did not intend to do any damage. “It was all make-bejieve. I was the signalman’s wife, and my bussaved by- me. Everything worked well until the train came up; but it did not stop, and only just in time my husband got clear, and the sleepers were hurled about, ono of them striking-him. “We did not get the consent of the railway people. Never again will Ido siich ; a ■thing,” .i ;

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