AUSTRALIAN.
Sydney, March 22. : It is reported that during the recent rains a mail and passenger train at Coomba had a narrow escape, A person noticing the flood waters, examined,the line and,found twenty sleepers' banging, 'with' the - ballast completely washed away underneath, leaving a chasm. He improvised a danger signal of it kerosene tin, with a candle and a red s'lk handkerchief, and thus stopped the train and averted a terrible catastrophe. ■ Brisbane, March 22. The fund in aid of the sufferers by the floods reaches over £2OOO, Adelaide, Murcli 22, • Mr 0. 0. Kingston, the Attorney General, has resigned. i •
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3468, 25 March 1890, Page 2
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101AUSTRALIAN. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3468, 25 March 1890, Page 2
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