RAILWAY COLLISIONS.
* Electric Telegraph— Copyright. United Press Association.) ADELAIDE, Nov. if. Two stock trains collided near Petersburg. The ' engines and a a number of trucks were telescoped. " . Two firemen, named Brodie and Eger, were killed. Two drivers, named Haines and Pennington, were injnred. - The Commissioner of Works and a number of other passengers were m the carriages attached to one of the trains, but were not hurt. (Received Nov. 18, 10.17 a.m.) ADELAIDE, Nov. 18. The trains were each travelling at the rate of 25 miles an hour, from opposite directions, on the same line. The crashwas terrific. The fireman was horribly mutilated. Pennington was severely scalded, and his case is hopeless. i There is fully £10,OOQ damage. The accident was due to a failure of the brakes to control the train on a greasy line, one- train dashing past the point where the trains were timed to cross. LONDON, Nov. 17. A dense fog caused a collision on the South-eastern and Chatham Railway at Brixton. Fifteen people were ;injured.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9304, 18 November 1901, Page 3
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170RAILWAY COLLISIONS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9304, 18 November 1901, Page 3
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