BRITISH TRAIN WRECK.
FLYING SCOTSMAN. CRASH INTO GOODS TRAIN. ENGINE CREW KILLED. ESCAPE OF PASSENGERS. By Telegraph—Press Association— (Received 8.30 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON. Feb. 13. The " Flying Scotsman,'' travelling south in a dense fog. crashed into the rear of a goods rain near Retford, Nottinghamshire, The engine of the express was derailed, and the driver, fireman, and an inspector, who was travelling on the engine to watch experiments with oil fuel, were killed. The passengers were uninjured. The " Flving Scotsman," between London and Edinburgh by the East Coast route, is the best known of the British railway express services. The fastest time for this journey of miles before the war was 7 hours 45 minutes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18325, 15 February 1923, Page 7
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