TRAIN JUMPS TRACK
SYDNEY, June 1
Seven crowded passenger cars of the Sydney-Albury express jumped the rails 15 miles from Goulburn early this morning. Apart from slight bruises, no one was injured. A railway official said that only a miracle prevented a terrible tragedy. The cause of the derailment has net yet been discovered. The derailed cars ploughed through the railway sleepers and came to i-est almost on their sides by an embankment. The double lines between Sydney and Melbourne are blocked, but will be cleared late today. PALMER, R., Flying Officer, Chrlstlhurch. SJIITH, W. JL, W.C)., Dunedin. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED SAFE IN ALLIED HANDS. GILLETT, F. S., Flight Lieut., Christchurch. KING, R. W., Flight Lieut., Nelson. LAJIONT, A. D. L., Flight Lieut., Dunedin. LISSETTE, A. F., Flight Lieut., Hamilton. NEILSON, K. A. N., Flight Lieut., Christchurch. PARNELL, S. D., ■ Flight Lieut., Wellington. WELLS, A. R., Pilot Offlcer, Dnv's Bay. D'ATH-WESTON, E. H., Flight Lieut., Auckland.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 130, 4 June 1945, Page 7
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