RAILWAY COLLISION IN AMERICA.
GOODS TRAIN BREAKS AWAY. SIX KILLED, TWENTY INJURED. By Telegraph.— Association.— New York, February 7. A shocking railway accident took place at Helena, Montana, to-day. A goods train that was in a siding on the Rocky Mountains broke away and descended the slope at a terrific pace. On reaching Helena it collided with a passenger train. with disastrous effect. The wrecked carriages took fire, and six persons lost their lives and 20 were injured. Helena is a. town of about 15,000 inhabitants in Prickly Pear Valley, at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. There arc pine and fir forests on the heights, and theie supply a number of sawmills.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13097, 9 February 1906, Page 5
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