CAUGHT ON THE RAILWAY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 45, 24 February 1915, Page 3

CAUGHT ON THE RAILWAY.

WOMAN AND CHILD THROWN OFF. BRIDGE. Per Press .Association. Hastings, February 23. Mrs Catherally wife of Alfi'ed Catherali’, a painter, of Hastings, and her four-year-old son, were • crossing the railway bridge over the Ngaruroro river this morning, when the Napier train swung round the bend. The driver promptly applied the brakes, but the distance was too- short to pull up in. The cow-catcher hit the mother and child, and- bo.th fell between the sleepers into the river beneath. The child floated, and was speedily rescued, but the mother sank in deep water. Messrs H. Spider and L, Easbrook, both of Napier, were passengers on the train, and they promptly dived in and brought the unconscious woman to the shore. On arrival at a private pospital it was found that she had sustained severe cuts and ‘bruises and internal injuries. The child is suffeiing from a badly crushed foot and shock. .Airs Catherall is still unconscious. The driver’s promptitude undoubtedly saved both from instant death.