Fatal Accident Central Railway Otago Central Railway

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1483, 17 October 1885, Page 2

Fatal Accident Central Railway Otago Central Railway

" i '■■'■'.■'- WO'LIVES lk)STl" / IH '- 1 „ . - a Work- of such nfcjputnde as tlie Ota&b Central . {Railway ,'/accidcnflr>mj[y be expected 1 , but we did not think.:.. tKat we .should so soon have to recprd : . the lossj of two lives through; , tho iMin over by the baliaistVeiigine,^ » t t *A"cciden^'()wiupr to falls of eaL'|^or^roick* i Ji oari Scarcely '" be' guarded l a#nst;, t!f -aiTd happen very snddenl v,' ' "no- blaine 5 * Being attached to any one, biitwhen people are run over tljefe is usually jsonieone to blame. „ , . . , <• -„ \Ve have ' frequently seen ' dntTdren playiug about the'Ofaffo Central iV ßa!l^i*4l w&y, and had a < strongs jpresentiihdnt, that '• something would happen yet. Alas! our pi-esentiiaent (had, but too. sure f^ngy ff 4 datiisn. " "•' " ' ? ,,' t "■;',""' " "" ( t>vo little innocents,' whose names we had jnot ascertained at the tiuie-nf. gpin" " to press, Were tplayin«l ona^fißtinffeaS heed.less of the danger^] "JMkpn up with the joy of their innocent, bufc dangerous, amu'sei.uen.t.fche.y, played on, not inoticin«r , =t the approach of the Jfallest ens'inei-^ " veritable messenger 6f"tfeaT:h, with a heavy load of trucks. The" driver, who (states that a minute" beiorSh^KiidJiooked y along.Uw?lirter and< jhad iscea iiij. j^iiiare^i) K>; ll> ronSi t, \y.iv^ on«a!>;ed m. oiling, ,snnae .oj^iie i -. n : bearjngs, whan' l\u felt a .'sudden shock."* There were but, tyro .agonising, screams und all was still- s Witli paie^Mcf- Vtnil trembling Junds the, driwer pulled up his what a sight greeted hisdyesl 'Bhevtwo .littie 1 bodjes^ beau,tiful even m .death, jlay „ them 'side by side',^e.nolden. cord hay- A ing been severed instantly:' "The' driver reverently covered his face with his cap; stag&efwl brick- to" tlfe-'eri£ihe^antl' 1 *<! said to the fireman, " Bill, throw' theta two darned pigs off the linj."