A RUNAWAY TRACTION ENGINE.
SENSATIONAL RUN.
London. October 16. At Chatham dockyard, a traction engine belonging to the Royal Engineers ran away, through the gear suddenly giving way. The accident happened while the engine was ou the slope of a hill, and the engine dashed down the line at a terrific rate. Street lamps, trees, and everything in its path were swept away, and the engine, after threatening to demolish the residences of the dockyard police at the foot of the hill, finally came to a standstill in Admiral Morant's stable, into which it fell; after battering down a portion of the dockyard wall. The driver, Sapper Beale, who stuck to his post, was seriously hurt. Three trucks attached to the engine were completely smashed, and' their contents—wood and coal-scattered iu all directions. The forepart of the engine was smashed and the wheels broken. An' old man Hamed Webb had his leg badly injured, and other persons had miraculous escapes,
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Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVI, Issue 7661, 18 October 1893, Page 2
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160A RUNAWAY TRACTION ENGINE. Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVI, Issue 7661, 18 October 1893, Page 2
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