ALPINE TRAIN SMASH
CONDUCTOR'S VALOUR REWARDED. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Aug. 31. 5.5 p.m. Paris, Aug. 30. The Minister of the Colonics has awarded Ribiari, the conductor of the second car in the Chamounix disaster, a gold medal for valour i". saving 60 lives. The conductor of the second car in the Chamounix disaster, with remarkable presence of mind, uncoupled his ear and applied the brakes, saving many of the passengers from certain death.
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 September 1927, Page 7
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74ALPINE TRAIN SMASH Taranaki Daily News, 1 September 1927, Page 7
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