OUT OF CONTROL
ELECTRIC TRAIN RUNS AWAY
TERRIFIC CRASH INTO STATION-
ARY TRAIN
DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT £30,000.
(U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright) MELBOURNE, Feh. 11,
Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused when an electric passenger train got out of control and crashed at 60 miles an hour into a stationary train near Croydon station.
The crew of the runaway train and the motorman of the stationary train were injured.
There were no passengers aboard either train.
The motorman of the ispeeding train escaped by jumping from his compartment a few yards before a terrific crash occurred. Altogether five carriages were wrecked and three others weie damaged. Two cars caught fire and were destroyed. The cause of the smash is attributed to the failure of the wheels to grip the wet rails when the brakes were applied.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12476, 12 February 1935, Page 7
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