A RUNAWAY ENGINE.
' , v-«, iTO THB^.BDITOB... ... . ;'.{ j Sir,— l wish to draw your|attention to the manner in which a special train waa allowed to pass through Gore at noon on Tnesday l^sfc, with a view of preventing if possible a recurrence of this kind of thing. The, en' qine waß travelling at excessive speed and did not stop at the Gore ? platform, j bo that pedestrians in the habit of crossing the railway line or the bridge, and who were, of course, not aware that a train would be passing at that hour, had no reasonable intimation of its approach, and had to skedaddle from its path in a very undignified manner. It was more by good luck than, else that there was' not 'ah adci<ientm!Consequence of the very reprehensible way in which the engine tore through this station, and, I, think, if, we, wish to_ axert^ accidents • , this matter should'be brought prominently j • ander the notice of th^ fteiiera^ Manager for ' iiailways.--I am, &0., . . Gore, 7th Maroh,'ißߧ, ir '' ir ' ' "" ; " >;r ' "" \
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Mataura Ensign, Volume V, Issue 236, 9 March 1883, Page 2
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171A RUNAWAY ENGINE. Mataura Ensign, Volume V, Issue 236, 9 March 1883, Page 2
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