A MAD ENGINE DRIVER.
Harrow escape of an express ' train. DESPERATE STRUG-GLE ON THE ENGINE. Melboubne, August 7. GtetSAT consternation was caused among the passengers by the express’ train from Adelaide to Melbourne on Friday owing to the jolting train. Sever passengers were thrown out of .their seats jand gustained cuts , and bruises, and . the luggage in the guards van was thrown out of the racks. The engine-driver, who was mad with drink, was the cause.. At Uhill he began to tamper with the engine, sending it at full steam ahead. The fireman, seeing the driver was hurling the train on to destruction, endeavoured to overpower him, and a desperate struggle ensued on the engine. The fireman managed to stun the man, and pulled the train up. The guard took the fireman's place, and the latter acted as driver for the rest, of the journey.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1758, 10 August 1895, Page 2
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145A MAD ENGINE DRIVER. Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1758, 10 August 1895, Page 2
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