TRAIN IN A RIVER.
PU'NCiE O\'KR ABR 11)0! IS AT FIFTY .MILES AN HOUR. A remarkable railway accident occurred on .March 5 near Lispool. County Kerry, when a goods "train ''Kin away'' down a steep hill, and at a speed of 'iifty mill's an hour plunged over a bridge' and fell forty feet into a river. The train left Tralee ai midday. After passing Lispoo, the brakes failed to act and the train gathered tremendous speed down tile long incline, at the foot of which stands the bridge. This is approached by .1 sharj) curve.
The driver and the fireman were unable to check the speed. ami seeing tile imminent danger, jumped from the engine. the former receiving severe injuries, Tile train became derailed at ihe curve and plunged into the river forty live feet below, becoming ;< total wreck. The permanent way i- iiiik-.'i damaged, and trnHic wa* suspended.
Dan."
In May, ]a similar aeeidenl occurred on this line, resulting in several deaths. Tlu; curve is to he recon.-huel-ed under a scheme of improvemeuK
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 8 May 1907, Page 4
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174TRAIN IN A RIVER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 8 May 1907, Page 4
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