RAILWAY SMASH
GOODS TRAIN WRECKED. DRIVER AND FIREMAN KILLED. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received March 31, 10.10 a.m. SYDNEY, March 31. A railway smash between Grafton •and Casino occurred at a lato hour last night. A goods’ train wag wrecked and tho driver, J. Gleeson, and the fireman, H. Curnow, both of Lismore, wore killed. The engine jumped thp rails and the tender was thrown on its side on heavily laden trucks, which telescoped. Tho guard, who was tho only other person on the train, escaped injury.—Press Association.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 102, 31 March 1925, Page 5
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87RAILWAY SMASH Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 102, 31 March 1925, Page 5
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