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an altitude of 6 feet 3 inches. "When the alarm was 

 given, Gould promptly seized hold of Dibba' clothes, 

 and made straight for the open air. By the time 

 Dibbs got his eyes open there was only one pair of 

 trousers available, and they were Gould's. When he 

 met the hysterical female in curl papers, the New 

 South Wales Premier had only got one leg into 

 Gould's unmentionables, but he struggled manfully to 

 cover the other with a newspaper. Gould's plight was 

 even worse ; he had got his legs into the sleeves of 

 Dibbs* shooting-jacket, and, when discovered out on 

 the line a few minutes later by the guard, he was 

 carrying over his arm a set of lady's overalls, which he 

 had borne off triumphantly in his flight," 



Such is the account given by a smart man of this 

 memorable episode. 



I may as well state here that I have never been 

 much troubled with railway accidents. The only one, 

 bar the fire, was on returning from Newcastle races 

 to Sydney. I was in the front carriage with several 

 trainers and one or two jockeys. A neat little game 

 at Nap was going on, when suddenly there was a jolt 

 and a cry, '' We're off the line ! " A portmanteau and 

 a saddle were deposited on my head, and I felt the 

 seat underneath me giving way. 



It was a nasty five minutes, but luckily the 

 engine, which had gone off the line and fallen into a 

 gully, bad lodged somehow, and the tender propped 



