RAILWAYMEN KILLED IN GIPPSLAND
TRACK-LAYERS’ TRUCKS OVERTURN
MELBOURNE, December 2. Three railwaymen were killed and seven were injured when two track layers’ trucks overturned near Glengarry, Gippsland, yesterday afternoon. The men were being conveyed back to the job after lunch on the trucks drawn by a rail-motor. Apparently one man moved to obtain a more comfortable position and in doing so fell off. The brakes were applied suddenly and two trucks left the rails. Rescuers found three men dead. Those killed were: Thomas Cleary, Edward Barwick and Edwin Luscombe.
The men were engaged in re-laying the main Gippsland line. Edwin Grant, who was injured, is in a serious condition.
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Southland Times, Issue 24300, 4 December 1940, Page 7
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