TRAINS IN COLLISION.
EXPRESS ENGEfE DISABLED. A rOHTTWATE ESCAPE. j SYDNEY. June 28. The lirst section of the Sydney-Mel- ] hcurnr express narrowly pspaped disaster I to-day near the Hock Station, througb i being deflected on to a loop line. The train crashed into and cut through | a stationary goods train, smashing sev- ] era I truck?." | The enjiine r»f the express was dis- j silled. The driver, realising that some-1 tning was wrong, had jammed on the brake?, and so =.i~O'l the situation. i No or.r was injured. The driver states that the signals j showed the main line clear. | The offirials are mystified as to how the train was deflected on to the loop. The stationary train consisted of ■ thirty empty trucks. The speed of the i express h.id been creatly reduced by the brake?, otherwise the impact would have | been heaiier and the result serious. ATI j t>he trucks were damaged. The driver of j the express stuck to his post, but the fireman jumped, off after putting on the brakes. There i= a conflict of evidence regarding th» signals. It is supposed that somethins went wrong with the inxerloekimr gear, and that the line was apparently set clear when it was not.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 154, 30 June 1913, Page 5
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204TRAINS IN COLLISION. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 154, 30 June 1913, Page 5
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