MELBOURNE SENSATION.
! TRAIN RUNS AWAY. j MELBOURNE, August 21. [ An electric train from Flanders St., which was loaded with passengers, got out of control after leaving Moorabbim. It dashed through the stations at Highette and Cheltenham, attaining a speed of fifty miles ah Jjour, before tlie guard was able to apply the brakes. It was then discovered that the driver was missing. He was found later, on the line, between Moorabbim and Highette. He was dead, with a fractured skull. Apparently he had fallen from the engine.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1922, Page 1
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87MELBOURNE SENSATION. Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1922, Page 1
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