DEMENTED GIRL’S ESCAPADE.
STARTS LOCOMOTIVE RUNNING.
By Cable—Press Association —Copyright, Australian and N. 3 / ' l «tblo Association ‘ Received May IT, 10.5 p.m. LONDON, May 11.
An astonishing episode occurred at Middlesborough. A naked demented gifl ( 17 years of age, left her home and was discovered driving a locomotive, which crashed into a standlag waggon, doing damage amounting to £250.
The police with .difficulty boarded the engine, and found tho naked girl jumping about. She was overpowered and taken to the police station wrapped in a constable’s cloak. The girl had boarded the engine and delightedly pulled the ievers until She started the engine running.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 12 May 1925, Page 9
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104DEMENTED GIRL’S ESCAPADE. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 12 May 1925, Page 9
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