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1870
Star of Gwent. 20th April, 1870 On Sunday afternoon a little girl between three or four years of age
was the cause of no small dilemma to Mr. Cambell one of the guards on
the Monmouthshire Railway. On arriving at Pontypool a passenger drew his
attention to the fact that a little girl was unclaimed in one of the compartments,
quite composed and contented, like an experienced traveller. Anxious inquiries
made of her elicited that her name was Jenny West, and that she lived
in Mary Street, Blaenavon, and she had entered the carriage to follow
her brother Joe who had gone to Pontypool. She admitted that "Ma"
and "Dad' knew nothing about her trip, and that she had slipped into
the train unobserved, as she did not know there was anything to pay, and
she had no money. The good-natured guard realised he must take charge
of his erratic passenger until the return journey from Newport; but he
telegraphed to the Blaenavon Station for the parents to be informed. During
the hours that the little passenger remained in the hands of the kind
strangers at Newport, she was quite self possessed and contented. On her
return journey she was taken in charge by her fellow travellers and returned
to her anxious parents a very tired little girl. [ Back ] |
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