SMASH IN N.S.W.
Two Trains Collide (N.Z.P.A.-Ketiter—CopurigM > SYDNEY, June 8. Three persons were slightly injured when a fruit train ploughed into the rear of a passenger-goods train, near Picton. about 40 miles southwest of Sydney, early today. The collision, which occurred in dense fog, derailed a diesel locomotive, two passenger carriages, a guard's van, and a goods truck. The injured were taken to Camden Hospital, with cuts, abrasions, bruises and shock. The others injured were two women passengers in the last passenger car. Names of the injured have not yet been released. Many passengers were thrown from their seats by the collision, and some received minor bruises.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29535, 9 June 1961, Page 6
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