A BAD SPOT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1769, 23 August 1884, Page 2

A BAD SPOT.

" Ahead of us is the tickliest spot on the road," shouted an engineer with his head out of the cab window, as his locomotive plunged around curves, through short tunnels, and along a little sbelf which was almost at the top of an almost perpendicular precipice of enormous height, running straight down to the river, "You see," added the Greman, as he paused between his periodical shovelings into the groaning creature's fiery maw, "this isn't rock bank, here; only dirt, and it crumbles oft' easily. The company is fixing it all the while, and keeps two men to every mile alou« here night and day, watching things. Don't startle so, there's no danger. Yes, we're going pretty lively to-night; behind schedule. " Any accidents ever occur bore f "Oh, yes; about a month ago a freight went over the bank, The fireman, he jumped, but the engineer went over. Don't be afraid—she always bobs around like this on these curves." "Did they get the engineer out of the river f ""Yes, they got him out." " Lucky, you think 1" ■ " Well they was two weeks a-doing it. That is the York Kiver down there—the Youghiogheny. Hold on tight now, we are just coming to the worst place, where 300 ft of track slid into the river the other day," , "All right, buddy, I'll give yer all the steam ye want;, so let her out," " Certainly, I smoke," "Thankye.". . ' . "There's no danger, providin' the track walker's attending to biz,"