TRAIN WRECKERS
AT WORK IN ENGLAND. ■ UNSUCCESSFUL'ATTEMPT. •T OIBLI—PSIB* ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT ’ . LONDON, July 27. The third attempt within a year to wreck a train near Durham resulted in the North-eastern night express, hound for Scotland, being temporarily derailed. While travelling at 60 miles per hour near Durham the express crashed into two inetal chairs, each weighing . 30 pounds. Fortunately the second chair put;the train back on the lines. The driver was able to stoD the engine, though seriously hurt in the iar of the collision.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 29 July 1924, Page 5
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84TRAIN WRECKERS Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 29 July 1924, Page 5
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