RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
» Press Association.— Telegraph.—Copyright. London, April 7. At the opening ceremony of the Snowdon railway in Wales the engine of the descending train became derailed and toppled over a precipice, but fortunately the application of the brakes prevented the carriages also going over. A second train which was following telescoped the carriages of the first train, but the passengers of the latter had made their escape previously; only a few persons were hurt;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10100, 8 April 1896, Page 5
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