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should cause the fire to burn more rapidly into the carriage, and 

 determined to sit in as long as possible. After some time, seeing 

 that no assistance was likely to be afforded us, my maid became 

 terrified, and without telling me her intention, opened the door, 

 let down the step, and scrambled out on to the truck. I followed 

 her, but having unluckily let myself down towards the back part 

 of the carriage, which was on fire, was obliged to put up the step 

 and close the door as well as I could, to enable me to pass to the 

 front part of the carriage, furthest from the fire, and where my 

 maid was standing. We clung on by the front springs of the 

 carriage, screaming 'fire' incessantly, and waving our hand- 

 kerchiefs. We passed several policemen on the road, none of 

 whom took any notice of us. No guard appeared. A gentleman 

 in the carriage behind mine saw us, but could render no assist- 

 ance. My maid seemed in an agony of terror, and I saw her sit 

 down on the side of the truck and gather her cloak tightly about 

 her. I think I told her to hold fast to the carriage. I turned 

 away for a moment to wave my handkerchief, and when I looked 

 round again my poor maid was gone. The train went on, the 

 fire of course increasing, and the wind blowing it towards me. 

 A man (a passenger) crept along the ledge of the railway 

 carriages, and came as near as possible to the truck on which I 

 stood, but it was impossible for him to help me. At last the 

 train stopped at the Eugby station. An engine was sent back to 

 find my maid. She was found on the road, and taken to the 

 Leicester Hospital, where she now lies in an almost hopeless 

 state ; her skull fractured ; three of her fingers have been ampu- 

 tated. I am told the train was going at the rate of fifty miles an 

 hour. 



"S. T. ZETLAND." 



The train, consisting of seven passenger carriages, two brake- 

 vans, and four private carriages on trucks, altogether thirteen 

 separate carriages, was drawn by an engine with driver and 

 fireman, and was under the charge of one guard, who was placed 

 in the rear of the entire train, and within a luggage-van, from 

 which it was impossible for him to see the burning carriage, 

 which was the eighth from the engine. 



24. Rule XIII. BEWARE OF PROCEEDING ON A COACH ROAD 



ACROSS A RAILWAY AT A LEVEL CROSSING. NEVER DO SO 

 WITHOUT THE EXPRESS SANCTION OF THE GATEKEEPER. 



On the English railways, common roads are usually carried 

 over or under the railway, which is crossed by or crosses them 

 by bridges. This, however, is not invariable, and the greatest 



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