TRAIN RUNS AWAY.
60 Miles-an-Hour Crash Into Stationary Carriages. £30,000 OF DAMAGE DONE. (Received 12.30 p.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused when an electric passenger train got out of control and crashed, at 00 miles an hour, into a stationary train near Croydon station. The crew of the runaway train and the motorman of the stationary train were injured. There were no passengers aboard either train. - The motorman of the speeding train escaped by jumping from his compartment a few yards before the terrific crash occurred. Altogether five carriages were wrecked and three others damaged. Two cars caught fire and were destroyed. The cause of the smash is attributed to failure of the wheels to grip the wet rails when the brakes were applied.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 35, 11 February 1935, Page 7
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128TRAIN RUNS AWAY. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 35, 11 February 1935, Page 7
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