Burned To Death In Level Crossing Collision
. W. ' - SYDNEY, August 18. _ Two men w.ere burned to death titi? afternoon Avh.cn a steam train anu petrol wagon collidbd at a, level crossing in the suburb of Rosehill. Ohe wa? the engine driver and- the other the wagon driver. -The fireman of the" train was criticaliy burned and a number of school children in the train -suffered minor injurres which were caused wheii the train. was jerked-to a sudden halt. The engine drivfer was enveloped in flaines when an. .oil drum was hurled from the wagon* into the cab of the. locomotive and burst into iames. The train travelled a short distance from the point of impaet and the -tliird car riage, which was crowded with sehoo'. children, stopped beside the blazing petrol wagoA. The carriage quiekly caught fire but the children were able to escape before it was engnlfed ir Ilanies.
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 August 1948, Page 5
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150Burned To Death In Level Crossing Collision Chronicle (Levin), 19 August 1948, Page 5
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