TRAIN SMASH
DRIVER KILLED WHEN ENGINE CAPSIZES TRAGEDY iN AUSTRALIA United P.A.—By Telegraph Copyright Reed. 10.35 a.m. PERTH, Today. Leaving the rails between Wongan Hills and Northam. a railway engine tar tied over, throwing the fireman 40ft away, and burying the driver in mud and sand. The trucks following were telescoped and piled themselves into a mass of tangled wreckage, which caught fire and was quickly reduced to ashes and twisted iron. The lines had been affected by rain. Help was soon forthcoming. The driver, named Bailey, was released, but he died later, having had both legs broken and his chest badly injured. The fireman, named Guthrie, was also badly hurt.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19300623.2.89
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1005, 23 June 1930, Page 9
Word Count
111TRAIN SMASH Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1005, 23 June 1930, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in