MURRURUNDI TRAIN COLLISION.
CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. ■ -- SUPPOSED MISTAKE IN THE SIGNALS BYTELECTAPH—PKIiB3;ASSOCIATiON—CofeIGnT.: , , ■■ . ... Sydnay,, April. 18. In .'tfcp 'train collision at -Muminindr theengines nve're bidly smashed^- and two ; car-.: riages iii'each traiii'Were demblislied. 'K is believed that the accident was eausod ■through a mistake in tha signals. blunder actually occurred is -unknown. > Tho Glbn Innes train-wa's i running'late, owing to 'heavy holiday traffic,' and .was in the ant of pulling on line to allowj-the. Brisbane -'train to -pass, .when- it wis seen that, a' 1 collision waV imminent/jßptlt driier&j'ap-' plrcd -their brakes,:'l)ut''tob la"te;to iiveri the ; . impact,- which was heard'a ;m'ile itway. '' Debris from 'the smash was -hurled; a long; distance. A buffer was found toil. yards aw'ay.. \. ' Soldiers used their bayonets for'freeing the itajfcrcd- caught 'attongst the' Sffluibared %im-' bers.' 'That none were . killed is attributed to \ the fact that "the. soldiers aiid other passengers wero/mbstly;lying -down or sleeping. , Their recumbent bodies joffjarpd ileSSjirosiitatfcfejV -After r 'the -first: shock 'and-, excitement,' -the i troops displayed fine : discipline... ;■; i" The injured arb/doing Vplli .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 176, 20 April 1908, Page 7
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172MURRURUNDI TRAIN COLLISION. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 176, 20 April 1908, Page 7
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