A DANGEROUS PRACTICE.
(to the editor of the standard.) Sir,— rAg I was passing the railway engine-shed last night, my attention was directed to the noise made by a number of small boys asspmbled there. One remarked to the other that there was still 50)b3 of steam, and another opened the lever, the locomotive moving slightly when he did so. i\ Tovr, I don't think this is right that any persons should have access to the engine-shed, especially after night. I think : the practice is a most dangerous one, both to the boya aDd the public. Some day or night an accident will .happen, and prevention is better than cure. These youngsters should not be allowed, into the en?ine»&hed at any time or under any pretext. If they were to start the engine, got alarmed, and jumped off, a terrible accident might happen.: Or, if they m some way interfered with the machinery, so that an accident occurred to the train next day, who would be to blame ? It is to the interest as well of the parents as the public that railway rules be strictly observed. What I saw m the engine-shed last night caused me considerable anxiety, as I thought what it might possibly lead to. —l am, &c, Observer; -
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 108, 14 April 1883, Page 2
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212A DANGEROUS PRACTICE. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 108, 14 April 1883, Page 2
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