RAILWAY COLLISION.
Invercargill, June 27. The night train from Clinton and the up-train from Invercargill collided at Edendale, the crossing place, on Saturday evening. Both trains were heavily freighted with goods and passengers and were going slowly at the time, being within 50 yards of the platform. Only the engines and one truck left the metals, but neither sustained much injury. The collision was caused by the driver of- one of the engines mistaking the position of a light. The passengers, engine-drivers, and stokers, all escaped unhurt.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1318, 28 June 1880, Page 2
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87RAILWAY COLLISION. Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1318, 28 June 1880, Page 2
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