A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
■“ "■ AN ENGINE-DRIVER MAD WITH DRINK. Melbourne, August 7. Great consternation was caused among the passengers of the express train from Adelaide to Melbourne on Friday owing to the jolting of the train. Several of the passengers were thrown out of their seats, and four sustained cuts and bruises. Tho luggage in the guard’s van was thrown out of the racks. The engine-driver, who was under the influence of drink, was the cause. At Nhill ho began to tamper with the engine, sending it full speed ahead. The fireman, seeing that the driver was burling tho train on to destruction, endeavoured to overpower him, and a desperate struggle ensued on the eugine. Tho fireman managed to stun the man and pulled the train up, when the guard took the fireman’s place, and tho latter acted as driver for tho rest of the journey. '
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 95, 9 August 1895, Page 3
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