ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN.
A Melbourne telegram dated the 10th inst., says : An attempt was made last night to wreck the 8.25 Tallarook 1 train. After passing Trawoal station,, and while travelling at the usual rate of speed round a very sharp curve, Driver Redmond felt a sudden shock. He immediately pulled up the train, and on going, back to ascertain the cause a sleeper was found near the rails, showing that it had been'placed across the lino. Fortunately the engine was fitted with a cow-catcher, which threw the sleeper off the track. ( '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8959, 17 August 1892, Page 5
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