RAILWAY ACCIDENT
London. Sept. 14. Five coaches; of the "Flving Scotchman" were derailed at Chevimrloi). Northumberland, in the darkmvo, while tne express w.\s travelling at lifty-live miles an hour. The passon.uvrs wore severely shaken, and remarkable treaties wore iviwted. The wheels wow imnoi in ballast, which prevented the train overturning. The permanent way was torn up for two h'lndiv I yaivls. The cause m the accident is a mystery. It was possibly due to a subsidence owing to mining opi orations.
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Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 16 September 1913, Page 3
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81RAILWAY ACCIDENT Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 16 September 1913, Page 3
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