NEARLY A DISASTER.
(Per Press Association.) PALMERSTON N., this day. A narrow escape from another railway accident occurred in. the Square at ten o'clock this morning. As a train was approaching the Post Office crossing, a carrier's express made as if to pass in front of it. Apparently the carrier did not notice the proximity of the train till he was within a, few feet of the line, and then he pulled his horse sharply round, iust as the train rushed past. Had the horse gone straight on for a couple of yarjds further disaster would have occurred.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12665, 19 January 1912, Page 5
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98NEARLY A DISASTER. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12665, 19 January 1912, Page 5
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