DANGEROUS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 38, 27 June 1868, Page 3

DANGEROUS.

XOTIIB KM'A'Olt OW 'fiUli STAII. Sin,—- As you worn willing to lot pooplo air thoir llttlo griovanooß, nnd an bo many avail ihcmsolvoß of your klndnoas, I hco no rcuson why I ohould not nsk you for * little bit of apace You know, Sir, I dare my, that tho wooden bridges across tho Avon aro not very wide, and you know, also, that horses uro givon to shying, especially on tliooo bridges, Well, 91r, 1 havo to walk ovor one of our bridges two or throo limes a day, and often two or three tlinos at night; On throo noparato occasions I havo narrowly escaped being run down. Four or flvo nights ago, I was crossing a bridgo, just about dusk, and when noar tho mlddio X hoard a trap at full speed behind mo/ I squeezed myself as well a« I could to tho projior Hldo, and tho trap wheel loft a quantity of mud on my coat, is thoro no law, or by-law, to provont pooplo driving at full polt ovor those bridges ? I have novor«l times soon children escapo almont by a mlraelo, Tho above is bad oiiourli, but I havo a onso whioh, to my thinking, is a great deal worso, I was crossing a bridgo about a week ago, again in tho (luhlc, and saw a trap coming across from.tho othor end, Of course I drew closo to my propor side, but just as tho trap was within a yard or so of. mo, I notlcod somothlng projecting from tho front corner on my <ildo, I had just tlmo to " duck" my head, and it was well that I had, for I Bhould most certainly havo caught a rap that might havo cost mo a few days' work and a doctor's bill. LQuoryi Could 1 havo rcoovorcd damngca from the driver of tho trap?] I must add that tlilti trap, also, was going at full speed, and that deal boards were projecting from each front cornor to nearly tlio full width of tho bridgo. You will sec, Sir, that tho pro* liabilities of dangor and acrious accidents are by no moans romoto, Your obodlont aorvant, FOOT PASSENGER.