EXPRESS IN DANGER.
MINERS ON TRIAL. EXCITING SCENES. LONDON, June 8. There were exciting scenes at Newcastle when nine miners were charged with displacing a rail for the purpose of derailing the Scottish express during the strike. The engine and ,11 carriages ran off, but only one person was injured. A miner named Waugh gave evidence that he saw the nine men lifting the rail. All the accused vigorously declared that Waugh assisted in the removal, shouting, “Come on, lads; let’s have it out.”
The magistrate refused bail. Weeping women and relatives of the prisoners crowded round to shake their hands as they were removed in custody.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 171, 21 June 1926, Page 7
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107EXPRESS IN DANGER. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 171, 21 June 1926, Page 7
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