His Idea of Safety

NZ Truth, Issue 1294, 2 October 1930, Page 8

His Idea of Safety

I JAMES STAFFORD was not ! -§ ** going to take any risks § i when he approached the level | = crossing at Dunsandel m his | | car. The night was foggy, so |. | he left his car clear of the | | . rails and walked on the line | | "to satisfy himself all was | = clear. He did not see 1 the | | Christchurch-Dunedin express 1 | at the station. | | Stafford, instead of going | | badk to his car m a \hurry | | ' and. getting • across, .strolled I ' i back and filled his pipe be- I | fore "starting her up." . | i . .As his car mounted the f | Vails the : express struck it, § i pushing it out of the way, but § | fortunately 'for Stafford, he | §*• escaped injury. - i | The incident cost him a £2 | | fine, >Mr. E, D. Mosley, S.M., | = remarking: "H6 made a fatal f i mistake when he filled his § | Pipe!" .^ > ,| fniiimiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiimitininiitiHHiiiiiiimiiniiimiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiinii?'