TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT
IOXIMMSS-S SMASHED TO MATCHWOOD. I<TFTY-STX PERSONS KILLED AND INJURED. [BY KLBOTUIO TEI/EGRAFH--OOPVKIKIIT.J tPEB PRKBS ASSOCIATION.! (Reccivod This Day, 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK. July 12. The Colonial Express leaped nn embankment when travelling at- tlio i-aif> of sixty, miles an hour. Five Pullman cars, a day-coiach, and :i baggage oar crashed towards tho si root. Twelve, persons wore killed n.nd I'O'rby-fciiii , were injured. Kin<<; Young, machinist, was driven insano by tlio accident, although lie wnsuninjurod. It appears that the train was la to. and tire- engineer was endeavouring to make up for lest. time. The day-conch was smashed, to matchwood, and everyone aboard was killed or injured.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 July 1911, Page 3
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109TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 July 1911, Page 3
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