PECULIAR RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
FIREMEN AND DRIVERS INJURED. Received April 8, 11.50 p.m. MELBOURNE, April 8. Two unattached engines, each carrying three tons of coal, backed into each other at the Spencer street station with terrific force. Lumps of coal and iron were tnrowti high into the air, and into the cabs of the engines, striking the drivers and firemen. . Fireman Morrah received severe injuries to his head, and was detained at the Hospital. The driver of the other engine and two firemen were slightly injured. Both engines were badly smashed.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3159, 10 April 1909, Page 5
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90PECULIAR RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3159, 10 April 1909, Page 5
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