A GALLANT ACTION.
As a ballast train was on Saturday afternoon approaching Silver Stream station from the Hutt, the driver and fireman noticed a child of R. Sogan's, aged 18 months, in the centre of the line. The brakes were put on hard, but as there is an incline ,at this spot, and there was a heavy load on aY the time the train could not be stopped. To make matters worse, . the mother, alarmed by the shrill whistle, rushed out and got on the track, but somehow fortunately got off when the train was just upon her. When the engine was within a yard or two of the child, and when those who were looking on turned away to avoid witnessing a sickening sight, Trueman, the fireman, at the imminent danger of his own life, jumped off with a bound and whipped the child off the line ; but before he could get clear he was struck heavily on the leg by the cowcatcher.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5300, 22 September 1885, Page 2
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164A GALLANT ACTION. Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5300, 22 September 1885, Page 2
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