Engine Smashed From Train
FASSENGERS RESCUED FROM MIRACULOUSLY SUSPENDED CARRIAGES.
United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. BASLE, Aug. 3. Loosened by a tropical downpour, a huge boulder hurtled a thousand feet and hit the engine of the St. Moritz train, knocking it to the bottom of tho gorge and killing the driver. The three leading carriages were derailed, and miraculously hung suspended over the side of the ravine. Every passenger was rescued uninjured.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6620, 5 August 1931, Page 7
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