Tay Bhidok Bei.ic.- A part of the illfated train which went down with the ;Tay Bridge in December last has, it seems, turned up at Norway. While some fishermen were engaged in 'hauling- np their pets, an , extraordinary object met their eyes. The superstitious fears of sea monsters, which have been written a great deal about lately, held : them back for ■some time, but their curiosity made thpm approach the supposed sea monster, and, to their great surpriseVthey found that it was something like a . building.. As /the sea was calm they immediately commenced to tow it to shore, where it was hauled up on the beach, 1 and was then fount! to be a damged lailway waggon. The wheels were offj the windows' smashed, and brie door hanging on its hinges, " By the name on it, “ Edinburgh and Glasgow railway,” it was-iatiiouce Sur missed that it. must have been one of the waggons separated from the tr/jin which met \vith ? the disaster on th/T% priflgh; fin thef ca|riage|wa!ja portmanteau, containing garments, some of them marked f “ P.B. M/ " ‘ ‘
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Patea Mail, Volume VI, Issue 518, 11 May 1880, Page 2
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179Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Patea Mail, Volume VI, Issue 518, 11 May 1880, Page 2
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