TRAIN DISASTER IN CANADA
KXl'liKiss .MOL'NTS STATION FOUM. FiVK KIIXKl), TWKNTV IA.It'KKR lieceivcd March IS, H. 3.) p.m. Ottawa, March IH. I lie < anadian I'avilic ltail-way {Jonipany'* express hom Huston, travelling ait tin; rati* of -Hi inil.s an hour, dashed intu the Windsor Street Station at Montreal, ploughed over a platform, crashed into the ladies' \w.iting-room, and bronchi down the granite pillars siij^porliny the superstructure. Tlio damage is estimated at 100,000 dollars. Five people were killed and tweuty injured. All of them were waiting at the .station. The pa*sen;fcrs weiv unhurt. Tlie accident Mas due to a boiler plug of the engine being blown out. The driver and lireman w< »e thrown out, and there was no one aboard to stop the (ruin.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 46, 19 March 1909, Page 2
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123TRAIN DISASTER IN CANADA Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 46, 19 March 1909, Page 2
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