DOMINION NEWS.
A NARROW ESCAPE
(Per Press Association.)
Palmerston, January lir. A narrow escape from another railway accident occurred in the Square at 10 o’clock this morning. As a train was approaching the Post Office cross ing a carrier’s express made as if to pass in front of it. Apparently the carrier did not notice the proximity of the train till he was within a few feet of the line. He pulled his horse sharply round just as the train rushed past. Had the horse gone straight on a couple of yi;rds a disaster would have occurred.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 31, 19 January 1912, Page 6
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97DOMINION NEWS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 31, 19 January 1912, Page 6
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