TRAIN AND LORRY.
COLLISION ON CROSSING. (PRESS ASSOCIXTIOK TELEGRAM.) DUNEDIN, November 9. A sensational accident, fortunately not attended by fatal consequences, occurred at the Stirling railway crossing this evening when the express from the south collided with a one ton lorrv loaded with merchandise and othp'r articles. The motor vehicle was badlv damaged, but the driver who saw'the train, but whose brakes failed to act, managed to jump clear in the nick of time. Included in the lorry s freight was a blacksmith's anvil. Had this fallen on the line the express might easily have been derailed.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19154, 10 November 1927, Page 3
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