“Jump For Your Lives”

Hokitika Guardian, 4 August 1921, Page 3

“Jump For Your Lives”

: | THRILLING MOMENT ON NEW - s : SOUTH AY ALES RAILWAY. J | >’ i SYDNEY, July 12. h | The Australian railways scents a I '* . ways to he producing thrills. Some astonishingly narrow escapes from b | disastrous smashes have been reported ' in recent months. There was one j such incident near Bathurst last week. lJ | A heavy goods train pulled out of ’ I Bathurst for the west on Saturday J 1 afternoon. When it reached the stiff ! TumitUa incline another engine was 1 put on behind to give it a push. A ' I considerable distance up the steep as- | cent something went wrong with, the ' i first engine and it lost its power. The . 1 train was stopped, the men consulted, , : and it was decided to disconnect the front engine and run the train back to George’s Plain station. The crip* [ ' pled engine was disconnected and the brakes released. No sooner was the j tpiin started than it was found that ! the second engine-which, of course. ! was now leading-could not control | the weight. In a few moments the 1 whole heavy train wa s out ol control 1 and careering madly down the steep ( slope. The men on the engine set their j 1 whistle going full blast, and sat tight, j ! They could do no more—except wonder ; what they were going to hit. 1 Meantime a mixed train with one | ' coach carrying passengers, was lying at j ■George’s Plains. The stationmaster j heard the whistle, guessed there was j something wrong, and dashed off to ! the points to turn the runaway m o i I the loop. But the speed of the oncom- ; inn train showed him he could scarcely j ,-cach the points in time, so) he turned ! } vu .k and raced towards the stationary I train crying to the passengers to . “ jump for their lives.” There wa* a j mad scramble from the train, hut j : everyone managed to get clear. | t The driver on the engine of the run- j 1 away, seeing the train standing at the j

I Plains platform, decided to jump. o ; was badlv scratched and bruised, but otherwise unhurt. The fireman jammed himself in a corner of the cab : and waited. When the collision oe- ‘ curred—it was “ some ” collision— he , was thrown out and wa* not seriously hurt. The impact of the collision—the two engines meeting head on was dofeaning. Both engines wete badly smashed. The first engine was down the incline when the collision : occurred and was slowly responding to j the brakes; otherwise the smash would have been worse. I jzzrc ■*#«cr.tCJ i Carry it in your pocket. “NAZOL” : protects from colds, coughs and sore j throats. Penetrating, pleasant, safe and convenient. Is fid buys (SO doses.