BABIES IN DANGER.
SENSATIONAL EPISODE. [Br TELEGRAPH.-OWN CORRESPONDENT.] W'wcAVn. Saturday. \ sensational a'cident occurred yesterday aftr.rn.rii. Two mothers, each wheelill" a < l::!d in a pel a 1111 Ml la t < . visited the wharf ... the afternoon. They Jell the ciiiiJien in their pcl.unhulatois in the centre of a i.nlwr.y tra< k. m « - a 1 "'" tween two tiains 'of trucks, while they t"iiiineii<xd a cunver.-ation. As the two women were conversing a. shunt in,' eni'iue came along and coinmen cd to r 1.-!, one <■! the lino of trucks ton-aids me ~:her The parents were inlaw.,,, of tile danger which threatened t'nc.r infants until a warning " as given V»y a seaman on an adjacent ussel. Immediat.lv there was a rush to save the babies. Olio mother arrived it time to rescue her child) hut
the other was unable to move her perambulator from the track. She had the presence of mind, however, to push her baby's head down as the buffers of the trucks came together, and although a portion of tho little one's clothing was caught on the coupling-hook of the moving truck, the child itself was uninjured. The hood of the perambulator was badly smashed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15885, 5 April 1915, Page 5
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