DOUBLE TRAIN SMASH
OBSTACLE ON THE LINES. PIPES ROLL OFF SKIDS. AN ENGINEER KILLED. United Press Association— Copyright.') (Received This Dav, 11.45 a.m.) VANCOUVER, March 19. A section of sewer pipes weighing two tons, was being dragged across the tracks of the North-Western Radway near Chicago, late at night, when - relied off the skids and became stuck in the mud. Despite strenuous eftoits to avoid a disaster, two trains crashed into the obstacle, both locomotives exploding. One engineer, Carl Kutzner, was killed. . . , . When the sewer pipe was found to be immovable, there was a scurrying for a red lantern, but nothing was found soon: enough to warn the tram which came speeding out ot Chicago. The locomotive was thrown across the double tracks, and within half a minute another train from the opposite dneclion dashed into the wreckage. _ All the crew except Krutzner jumped to* safety when they realised that a smash was inevitable.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 135, 20 March 1930, Page 5
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