Erday, in onr second e*t£tE*>n r we a short acenttnt *>f a remarkable hieh happened to a> horse- a:ul gh coming' into collision with a gin© at the level crossing »t the rhaaica-atrtt't. As it hap|>enied, e no occupant* in the trap, E©nae<f|tte»ce the swash ai-wmned etf an amnsing incident. Bttt is accident of Satnrday last was* at attended with fatal results, (parte enough abont it t«> prove ctonM the urgent necessity of beae level crossings, and espe » theronghfate with »<■» inttch ing through it as Thauies-direet. st> long ago that a Dttnediu had a narrow escape from a mt in that instance- the driver gy was to planter because if we L informed, the gentleman in the linaaort of brown study, and iw look out for the engine. It :©He«iai that a Ihtnedin paper f on that subject, and SKKmewiatt exaggerated the inei

denfc in its minor details, our contempo rary then drew the attention of the Go vernment to the urgent need of these gates. It is not so long ago that a gentle man in Dftiiedin was summoned before the Uesidcnfe Magistrate for obstructing the passage of a train »u the Green Island line. Tike defendant in that action was passing the level crowing at the Ander son's. J'ay Koad just as a train was approaching. At th:s spot the train croae-A the road and then a bridge, and on the latter was seated a little girl in the j fottmtidiate track of the engine. The gen tleman seeing that the child would he smashed to atotus, remained in the centre of the line arid compelled the train to stop, when,the little one was removed from all danger. Now, had there Iwscn gates at the crossing, the youngster could not have wan dered on to the line. After all the evi dence had Wen heard, the Magistrate very properly dismissed the case, and at ■ the same time drew attention to the cul pabL* negh-ct on the part of the ffoveni tnettfe f» ii.it providing proper protection for |wetlfs.tria:js when pasaiug along the ' ittatti road. It was the accident on Satur day which reminded tts of this caso, and, therefore, we have alluded to it in order Co bring the subject under the notice of the pro|Mi,r authorities. 