ENGINE OUT OF CONTROL
WILD CAREER DOWN INCLINE ACCIDENT NEAR WESTPORT FOURTEEN MEN INJURED By Telegraph.—Press Association. Westport, February 28. A sensational accident occurred on the Westport-Stock-ton tramway line this afternoon. A motor engine, with, it is understood, about 30 wagons attached, got out of control coming down an incline, and was travelling at about 60. miles an hour. A number of men returning from work jumped off, and about 14 were more or less seriously injured. The engine spread over the line in a “B” tunnel, after travelling about three-quarters of a mile, and pulled up, those who remained In the wagons being uninjured. Five of the men brought to the Westport Hospital are: Donald Hunter, chin and throat wounds, the most seriously injured; Thomas Nicholls, lacerated fingers, bruises and scalp wounds; Robert Campbell, scalp wounds and fractured collar bone; James Mcßean, fractured wrist and scalp wounds; Archibald Miller, lacerated fingers.’ No information is at present available concerning the others who were injured, but the fact that they are not being brought to hospital suggests that the injuries are not serious.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 133, 1 March 1929, Page 12
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182ENGINE OUT OF CONTROL Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 133, 1 March 1929, Page 12
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