EXPRESS HITS TROLLEY

Northern Advocate, 3 July 1928, Page 2

EXPRESS HITS TROLLEY

TWO AIEN JUMP FOR. THEIR LIVES.

Clinging to a clay bank while an express train travelling at a high speed flashed past them, demolishing in its path the trolley off* which they had flung themselves only a second two railway gangers had the narrowest of escapes from death in the Caledonian Cutting, about a mile south of the Tixnaru railway station/ The two men, J. H. Simpson and A. Andrews, , were proceeding to Timaru on a four-wheeled trolley and considered they had ample time to reach Timaru before the arrival of the express from the south, which was due at 4,18 p.m. When they were about half-way through the cutting close to the Caledonian grounds the sound of the onrushing express reached their ears, and a, glance to the rear was sufficient to show that it'was a matter of seconds between life and death. In the nick of time both men jumped from the trolley and just had time to flatten themselves against the wall of the cutting as the express rushed past. Seconds and inches separated the men from what must have been death. With terrific force the express struck the trolley, sma'shing it to pieces and hurling broken parts in every direction. The train was stopped promptly, and when it was ascertained that no one had been injured the journey was resumed.