Taking big chances.

A C.P.R. engineer too a chance on Saturday morning that he will not take again for some time. He was in charge of a work engine that was going south at Alliston soon after 8 a.m., and approach the diamond crossing at the same time as the Grand Trunk mixed train. The Grand Trunk had the right of way and switchman O'Donnell gave it a clear track and set the stop signal against the engine. The engineer on the C.P.R. engine either did not see the stop signal or thought he could beat out the oncoming Grand Trunk train, for he approach the diamond at a speed of about 35 miles an hour. The mechanism that clears the course for one train automatically opens the switch for the other and the C.P.R. engine was derailed before ti reached the diamond. An extra safety rail saved it from leaving the roadbed, but the engine was pretty badly damaged and the roadbed was torn up for some distance. Traffic on the C.P.R. was delayed for several hours.—Alliston Herald.

Railways: C.P.Ry., G.T.Ry.

Stations: Alliston

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