THREE RAILWAYMEN KILLED
SEVEN OTHERS INJURED TRACK-LAYERS’ TRUCKS OVERTURN [U.P.A.-By Electric Telegraph-Copyright] (Received 3rd December, 10 a.m.) MELBOURNE, 2nd December. Three railwaymen were killed and seven injured when two track-layers’ trucks overturned near Glengarry, Gippsland, yesterday afternoon. The men were being conveyed back to their job after lunch on trucks drawn by a rail motor. Apparently one man mwed to obtain a more comfortable position and in doing so fell off. The brakes were applied suddenly and two trucks left the rails. Rescuers found three men dead. Deceased were Thomas Cleary, Edward Barwick and Edwin Luscombe The men were engaged in re-laying the main Gippsland line. One of the injured, Edwin Grant, is in a serious condition.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 3 December 1940, Page 5
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