A RAILROAD DISASTER
A tumble accident occurred at the crossing cf the Grand Trnnk and Miohigan Central Railway, m St Thomas, Ontario, about seven o'clock on the evening of July 15th. It was ciUßed by an excursion train on the Grand Trank from Port Stanley running into a passing freight train on the Miohigan Central, made np of a number of cars laden with oil. Thli tork fire, and the fl«mos were com muni cated to the excursion train, many of the passengers on which met with a frightful death. The number who perished is stated at 100, and injured forty. Ware houses and dwellings m the vicinity were burned, and the property loss will reaoh 6000 dollars. The main cause of the accident was the failure of the air brakes to work.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1640, 19 August 1887, Page 3
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133A RAILROAD DISASTER Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1640, 19 August 1887, Page 3
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