MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
CABLE NEWS
(United JV«w 4»?- •**.-; Wltrtrie a ''"lnQraph — dnnuright.)
PICNIC DRAG SMASHED BY TRAIN. ONE MAN KILLED INSTANTLY. (Received March 17. P. 20 a.m.) MELBOURNE, March 17. A drag containing twenty-two picnickers had a. miraculous escape .it a levoi crossing on the Brighton railway on Saturday night. Tho drag was on the metals whon tho train wnra approaching. The gates being half open prevented the driver of the drag manoeuvring the horses straight across, and ho hurriedly decided to attempt to escnne by driving the team along the lino towards Briffhton. The .Horses >";?sjponded well and moved in the direction of safety before the pas'sengen? realised tho danger. The drag ".•a.--', almost clear of the lino when the train clashed no. and struck a rear comer, knocking off the near hind wheel and tearing out the side, leaving the passengers s+"ll .sitting -on tho iseat along the skR .Ta;n«s Noil Allison jumped off the drnnr i' l • b r> w'-ng direction and wa-; killed. im:to.it.l'\ Tho m'sso" • of th- tnv'n alighted a'i-1 -"-n""T-.- 7 the line < "arching for pn«sib!n vict : m.s., when the train from Brighton came along and ar„+V- rV,-~r. J -- c--"-ivxl imminent. In' 1:, fort■r l ■'■'!"' ' l "iver tooV warnir'T fy-i-n +'• - '-••• , . j -- rovn'ed bv the .^envo. l '- „,..,. p-,.1 .-,,p-,.i \'r. t.vain up just dorrfifths damaged drag.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 March 1913, Page 5
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220MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 March 1913, Page 5
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