RAILWAY CROSSINGS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 316, 27 November 1875, Page 2

RAILWAY CROSSINGS.

To tue Editor of the 'Evening Mail. 1 Sir— Permit me through tho medium of your columns to cull the ntiention of the public to a narrow escape irom a very serious accident, cause 1 by the neglect of one of the engine drivers to give the neceeaary warning before crorsing a roadway. On returning home from town this ofternoon with my wi c and daughter in a spring cart, we had got some distance down what is known as ihe Quarantine Road when tho whistle from the locomotive was heard, pnl I,' of course, pulled up until it had passed the crossing. I bed occasion to get out of the trap ihere, which caused a delay of a minu cor two. We then P oceeded ou cur wny, and were within eeveu Of eight pace* of the crossing when, without any warning, the second er gine dashed past with terrific speed. Hal we be?n but a few seconds sooner, the consequences would d wbt'ess have b;en of. a m st serioas nature. I think it slpu'd r>e imperative far the engine driver at all tinus when approaching any road to give the us lal warning, especially so at the crossing in question, where the railway line in the direction of the Wsi-uea is partly hidden from view by the htdge ar.d other growth. ..'•'. lam, &c, Enoch Jellysian. Stoke, November 26, 1875.