JUMPED THE RAILS.
TRAIN'S MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. (By Cable.—Prcai Association.—Copyright.) PARIS, May 24. The Peninsular and Oriental boat train from Marseilles to Paris, travelling at the rate of fifty miles an hour, was timed to stop at Macon. Tiio brakes, however, failed to act, and the train dashed through tho etatiou and collided with a shunting engine, which waa overturned and thrown clear.
Tho express jumped the rails a distance of ton yards, and tlion regained the metals.
The guard's van, next to tlio engine, was smashed.
Tho passengers suffered from shock, but nobody was seriously injured.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14977, 26 May 1914, Page 7
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96JUMPED THE RAILS. Press, Volume L, Issue 14977, 26 May 1914, Page 7
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