TRAINS COLLIDE.
» . FOUR MEN KILLED. BRAVE GIRL SAVES AN EXPRESS. B) leleeraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. January 17, 10.10 p.m.) Mew York, January 1". A head-on collision has occurred at Longrun, in Kentucky, where a passenger train was derailed by coming in contact with a train of empty cars. Four trainmen were killed, and all the passengers slightly injured. Eileen Martin, aged seven, signalled with a flag to the east-bound overland express at Sacramento in time to prevent it striking the broken rail, and thus saved it from certain wreck. Tho company promises the child a handsome reward for her bravery.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1340, 18 January 1912, Page 5
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99TRAINS COLLIDE. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1340, 18 January 1912, Page 5
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