ENGINE BREAKS DOWN.

Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13168, 26 July 1911, Page 2

ENGINE BREAKS DOWN.

A NARROW IS^APi,

An: accklent ocieurred ,td (the^enginc attached to,-tlieHlflwft ; irJi,in ifroi?i ]f')»t> comvtryi . ,yef»terd»?i' ijM'iilng; : While dest'eilding the Bishopdale hill 'on the; town side, the main wheel driving crank of the engine snapped clean off , \ releasing the side rods. The-drivei-i noticing whati' had occti-jWi wuiulo'd tiiixlan'ia^r-Wwstles, aiicl the train officials applied the brakes promptly, the train being pulled up within its own length, averting what might have proved a serious accident. Another engine not being immediately availab'e passengers preferred to walk to business instead of waiting for a relief engine. No one was.hurt and .passengers were not seriously akrnfeo", '