DASH THROUGH FIRE.
EXPRESS TRAIN'S ADVENTURE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn Copyright. Received Sept. 23, 7.20 p.m. Paris, Sept. 23. A Bordeaux message states that when 'the driver of an express noticed that a pine forest through which the line passes Was on fire, and the smoke was hiding the signals, he decided to dash through and risk a collision in order to save the train from burning. He rushed a heavy corridor train at 85 miles an hour safely through the Are.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 September 1921, Page 5
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83DASH THROUGH FIRE. Taranaki Daily News, 24 September 1921, Page 5
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