FIRING AT A RAILWAY TRAIN.
A singular occurrence took place on the 18th January last, on the Great Northern Railway, in connection with the up Edinburgh express, due in London at half- past nine p.m. Soon after the train left the G-rantham station and just after passing through a bridge which crosses the line hereabouts, the driver whose jaamfiJ-SJlullej^hearcl asharp crack against the board which protects them from the weather, and exclaimed to his fireman, " "What's that?" It was soon ascertained, for by the light of the engine fire they perceived a bullet spinning on the board upon which they stood. It was immediately secured by one of them, who found that the concussion had partially flattened it. Upon examination the weather-guard itself was found to be indented, so that the inference was it had been fired from either gun or pistol. The train on this night numbered among its travellers their Eoyal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Teck, who were returning in a saloon from their visit to Yorkshire.
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Southland Times, Issue 927, 3 April 1868, Page 5
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170FIRING AT A RAILWAY TRAIN. Southland Times, Issue 927, 3 April 1868, Page 5
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