A MAIL TRAIN WRECKED.
BRIDGE COLLAPSES. TWO KILLED—ELEVEN INJURED. (By Telegraph.—rroß3 Association—CoDJrlEht.) . (Hec. July 25, 5 5 p.m.) Brisbane, July 25. Tho mail, train . from Roma met a tcrriblo fato 175 miles from BrisWe yesterday. : jjho train was rushing" Gver a small bridge | .yflieri ;Vit^coHapsed^'wrecking the' engine, 1 three barriagosc and the mail ran. Two ' passongers, Messrs. Reeves ■: and i Mackie, were' killed, outright, and eleven, were injured. The details- are meagre. ; '• ■ Q <; FURTHER DETAILS. (Rec. July 26, 1 a.m.) j ' » - 1 Brisbane, 'July 25. ( The bridge "was-under, repair at. tho ytimcof its collapse. Luckily,'it was a low striici turo and' tho. .overturned carriages dropped. ; fail)" sft; The .engiiie remained W-the liiie'. '■ Several/'chains''of ~sicYpen^ torn up. . A special .tvain, with '.doctors, .ivas. qmokly on, thp scene. , Eighteen .were injurod, the■ majority slightly, tho.. most .serious' being Messrs. Sputor, Morgan, G. Lasson, Scanlon, Nagen, and 'Thorn,; who are. suffering : eitjier' from broken'arms, severe-.bruises, or-shock.--;
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 569, 26 July 1909, Page 7
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153A MAIL TRAIN WRECKED. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 569, 26 July 1909, Page 7
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