A BIG SMASH.
COLLISION OF GOODS TRAINS. THIRTY TRUCKS PILED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. (Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright.) NEWCASTLE, Feb. 5. A railway smash occurred on the Northern line between Adamstown and Cardiff. The air brakes failing to act, two goods trains collided. The drivers and firemen jumped and , escaped, But a guard was injured, ;and was sent to the hospital. Thirty trucks of the runaway train are 1 piled one on top of £he other. It is i regarded as the biggest smash which has i ever occurred on the Northern line. \ The damage to rolling stock will run into several thousands.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13298, 6 February 1914, Page 3
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105A BIG SMASH. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13298, 6 February 1914, Page 3
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