SINGULAR WRECKAGE.
A part of the ill-fated train which went down with the Tay Bridge in December last, has, it seems, turned up in Norway. While some fishermen were engaged in February last in hauling up their" nets, an extraordinary object met their eyes. Tim superstitious fears of sea monsters wh.ich have been written a great deal about lately held them back for some time, but 5 their curiosity made them approach the supposed sea monster, and, to their great surprise, they found it was something like a building. As the st'a was calm they immediately commenceu 1 to tow it to shore, where it was hauled u’p on the beach, and was then found 1.0 be a. damaged railway waggon. The wheels were off, the windows smashed, and one door hanging on its hinges. By the name on it, “ Edinburgh and G lasgow Hail way,” itwas at once surmised, that it must have been one of the waggons separated from the train which met with the disaster on the Tay Bridge. In the carriage was a portmanteau containing garments, some of them marked “ B.lh” The waggon was sent on to Ilangcsund. to be forwarded thence to Bergen.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2220, 29 April 1880, Page 3
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198SINGULAR WRECKAGE. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2220, 29 April 1880, Page 3
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