A DANGEROUS PRACTICE.
RAILWAY GATES AND STRAY CATTLE.
Through, somebody's carelessness in neglecting to close a railway gate at 'Foxhill a horse got on the line, and was tilled by the firs*, train yesterday monir'ing. This is a serious matter, for only a short time ago a cow straying on the line the West. Coast derailed and capsized a. train, which, .fortunately, carried no passengers at the time. Again, in yesterday's paper there was an account of a similar occurrence in England, by which four people were killed. Owners of stock should take warning and prevent their stock from trespassing, whilst users of railway gates should not neglect to close them, otherwise prosecutions will- have to foMtpw f|or the iieglect.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 24 January 1911, Page 6
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120A DANGEROUS PRACTICE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 24 January 1911, Page 6
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