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Wed 7 Jan 1903 - Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1907)
Page 38 - Stuck in Lapstone Tunnel.
Stuck in Lapstone Tunnel.
The midday passenger train reached Katoomba
two hours late on Wednesday. It appeared that,
on account of the heavy load, the engine could not
negotiate the Lapstone or Glenbrook Tunnel,
and after the driver and fireman had nearly
fainted, they were compelled to back out of the
tunnel, and uncouple half the carriages, going
as far as Glenbrook, and returning for the oth-
ers. The passengers report that the heat in
the tunnel was almost unbearable, many ladies
being much distressed. It is stated that three
attempts were made to clear the tunnel. Fire-
man T. Wright was slightly scalded, but J. Wil-
lis, driver, collapsed, and became unconscious.
The driver and fireman on an engine standing
at Glenbrook were sent back for the other half of
the train, and proceeded with the full train on its
journey. None of the passengers were hurt, al-
though many, especially ladies, must have gone
through a trying ordeal. First aid was rendered
to Willis at Glenbrook, and later he was brought
to Penrith, where a medical man attributed the
cause of his collapse to the hot air having got on
his lungs.
The Lapstone or Glenbrook Tunnel is situated
between Emu Plains and Glenbrook, and is better
known as the "sulphur" tunnel. Passengers on
the western line are made aware of the near ap-
proach to the tunnel by the closing of all windows
on the train. The tunnel is said to be about
three-quarters of a mile long. As the train pas-
ses through the carriages are filled with a hot and
almost suffocating atmosphere, and there is a very
strong odour of sulphur.
Many people in the Southern States of America
believe in the efficacy of dried eelskins as a re-
medy for rheumatism. In some of the markets
they are sold, and attract numerous buyers. The
eel is full of electricity, and according to the
fish dealers the electricity is not lost in the pre-
paration of the skin. If one of these skins is
wrapped round the ankle, knee, or other joint of
a person afflicted with rheumatism it is claimed
that a cure is quickly effected.