RAILWAY ACCIDENTS
' BRAKES FAIL TO ACT. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, August 13. A passenger train at Glasgow, owing to the brakes failing to act, crashed into a dead end at Queen street station, Jumped the platform, and went through the wall of a refreshment loom. Five persons were injured. The Provost of Glasgow had a narrow escape. TRAINS LEAVE THE LINES. Sydney, August 14. A train left the rails at Riverstone, and the passengers were badly shaken, but none was injured. The line was repaired later. A second train was going slowly when the cngiue jumped the track at the same place. It is supposed the line had warped.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 45, 15 August 1911, Page 5
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109RAILWAY ACCIDENTS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 45, 15 August 1911, Page 5
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