ENGINE LEAPS RAILS
BAD ACCIDENT TO EDINBURGH
EXPRESS
(U.P.A. by.Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Jari. 4, 7.10 p.m.). LONDON. Jan .3. The engine of tho noon express from Edinburgh to London , .leaped the rails at a sharp curve neat- Carl- . 'isVt (burying its nose. in. the loose* stones of tho embankment The first two coaches crashed into the tender and telescoped, killing four and injuring twelve. The bodies of two men and a woman and a child have been-recovered from Hie wreckage with the aid of doctors, nurses and hundreds -of helpers. Both lines were blocked, necessitating a diversion of traffic. Apart Trnm twelve seriously .injured fifty Avere shocked and injured and sent to hospital, Soldiqrs from the garrison playing a cup tie-in an adjacerft- field, accompanied the spectators, and participated ip the rescues. ,It is believed that frosty .rails caused ithe engine to jump the meta.ls.
According to spectators the engine absolutely jumped /into the air.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11405, 5 January 1931, Page 7
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156ENGINE LEAPS RAILS Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11405, 5 January 1931, Page 7
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