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Fri 30 Mar 1906 - Lithgow Mercury (NSW : 1898 - 1954)
Page 3 - THE GLENBROOK WASHAWAY.
THE GLENBR00X WASHAWAY.
A correspondent, writing with reference
to .the recent washaway on the: railway
line at .Glenbrook, claims for Mr. Sinclair,
fireman of the goods train which returned
to Emu Plains, the credit of being the first
to give warning- of, the danger. The cor
respondent, considers too much credit can- |
not be given to Messrs. Skarratt and Sin
clair for their conduct. "Skarratt;" he
adds, "is a cripple, having been run: over
by a tram. some time ago, and it' was with
great dilliculty that he came .down the
mountain in such a storm and succeeded
in stopping the goods train. The fireman
then 'Walked to '..Glenbrook and informed
-the station-master of the .occurrence. In
the teeth of such a gale, which one had to
see' to appreciate , the fireman . un doubtedly
took his own life in his hands, for he had
;to get through the torrent that was rush-
. ing across the line, and walk .over two '
skeleton bridges after he came out of the
Glenibrook tunnel. It will therefore be seen
that this man saved the tourist train for
Sydney from total destruction, for at The
pace she would be travelling down through
the tunnel it would have been impossible
for the .driver to have stopped, even had ho
seen the washaway, : in time to avert dis
aster.'