MAN BOGGED

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11875, 8 July 1924, Page 8

MAN BOGGED

AN UNENVIABLE EXPERIENCE. “THANKFUL TO ESCAPE WITH HIS LIFE.” WHANGAMOMONA ROADS. What the blocking of the main road and the railway at the beginning of April has meant to the settlers in the Whangamomona district is vividly illustrated in the following anecdote, sent by a Whangamomona correspondent to a New Plymouth paper:— “The roa.l over the Whangamomona Saddle is in such bad condition that settlers prefer scrambling through the partly-cleared railway tunnel to traversing it. “In essaying to catch the early train on a recent Monday morning, a resident had a most unenviable experience. He set out for Pohokura on the Saturday afternoon, at about four o’clock, which was leaving it rather late. All went well until he reached the opposite side of the tunnel. In making his way through the cutting by the dim light of a lantern, he stepped on what appeared to be solid earth. Down he went in mud and water, sinking to his coat pockets, and continuing to sink. Fortunately, he was able to clutch an overhanging branch, and after a great struggle He managed to clamber out. He had now no light, and his matches were wet." so ho was forced to stay in a precarious position, unable to go backwards or forwards, throughout the night—-a t? Ighbfor n ,° feweT than 131 Wlf nwr'f 0 -"’ aU 8 well **>“* ends * n ° W ° rSe for tho

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