Two people who were on the trestle bridge near Patea were surprised by a train and had to jump into the river beneath. The Patea Press states that the affair had more of the element of tragedy than of comedy in it, Mr G. Tinney, one of the actors, just leaping off the bridge in time. His companion, Miss O’Grady, who cannot swim, was almost insensible when ho reached her, and had he not been a good swimmer she would assuredly have been drowned. As it was, it took Tinney all bin time to swim with his burden against the strong tide that wae running out towards the sea.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3061, 13 November 1912, Page 94
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