More than ,100 persons .'were injured in a remarkable railway accident on the Great Southern and- Western line'" near Rosoreii, County Tipperary., An,; excursion train with' 800 passengers hecamo detached from the engine,'ran five miles to Birr, and collided (here with a passenger train. ■ So soon as the passengers on the excursion train becamo aware of their plight, many of : them, jumped from their carriages and rolled or , fell down tho steep. embankment on each side of the', track. A . reserved -carriage was teli'seopcd, and nil its occupants woro hurt. Just before the collision occurred one priest, fearing the worst; administered .absolution to his fellow passengers in the compartment'"Brit..for the prompt action of the driver of the Birr train, who, when he saw tho runaway carriages approaching .him, immediately reversed his engine and so lessened the shock, the result would have been far worse. I'm' Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods' Gicut Peppermint Cure, Is. 6d., 2s, .fid.-Adyt, ... ..
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 913, 5 September 1910, Page 3
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156Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 913, 5 September 1910, Page 3
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