TRAIN'S NARROW ESCAPE
By Telegraph—Press Association. , Dunediri, Jimc 24. A goods train froii) Dunedin to Omakau narrowly escaped a serious accident at 9 o'clock last evening. Heavy snow had fallen, and the engine-driver was keeping a careful lookout when, within a few yards of Lauder Bridge, he noticed an object between the rails and made a 6toppago just in time to avoid fll collision. Investigation Bhowed that a horse had become jammed between the sleepers and the bridge. The train returned to Lauder for tackle. When the torse was extricated, it was dead.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 232, 25 June 1920, Page 7
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93TRAIN'S NARROW ESCAPE Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 232, 25 June 1920, Page 7
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