LOCOMOTIVE TURNS SOMERSAULT.
DRIVER AND FIREMAN INJURED. (By Tclozraph—l'resa Association.! .Auckland, February 20. . Tho locomotive drawing tho TanpoTotara timber train from Putaruru to llokai capsized on Saturday night on tho part of- the line known as tho Corkscrew. It turned three complete somersaults with the driver and fireman in' the l cab, and it is a miracle that they were not killed outright. Tho fireman received a fractured skull, and the driver was severely 'scalded. The fireman was removed to the Hamilton Hospital to-day.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1057, 21 February 1911, Page 4
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84LOCOMOTIVE TURNS SOMERSAULT. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1057, 21 February 1911, Page 4
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