ENGINE STRUCK BY BOULDER
KNOCKED TO BOTTOM OF GORGE
DRIVER KILLED
(United Press Association—By Electric*-''* Telegraph—Copyright)
(Received 4th August. 11.5 a.m.) BASLE, 3rd August. Loosened by a tropical downpour a huge boulder hurtled down 1000 feet, and hit the engine of the St. Moritz train, knocking it to the bottom of a gorge and killing the driver. Three of the leading carriages were derailed and miraculously hung suspended over the - side of the ravine. Every passenger was' * rescued uninjured. . —L
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 4 August 1931, Page 5
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80ENGINE STRUCK BY BOULDER Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 4 August 1931, Page 5
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