TRIED TO KIDNAP LOCO.
NEW YORK, June 11. An engine-driver. Air. Louis Me* Lore, of Ahe New York Dock Company, felt cold and stopped his locomotiie outside a, waterfront cafe. While he was inside he suddenly srr.v I lie engine vanish into the fog. ll.e ,-hased it. and after a. mile, caught. it. lie flung aside two men he found in the cab. Tugged at the brake —in vain. The engine crashed into- one office " building, rebounded into ,another, and finally came to rest witlna lUfi. of the water’s edge. “We were going to kidnap the engine.’’ yelled the two men as they jumped Imm [lie cab and dashed into the fog.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18770, 29 July 1935, Page 10
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112TRIED TO KIDNAP LOCO. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18770, 29 July 1935, Page 10
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