ACCIDENTS.
■WONDERFUL ESCAPE. Per Press Association. PALMERSTON N., March 8. A sensational train accident happened shortly before 1 o'clock to-day, when the down Main Trunk express coining into the Square at a high speed crashed ljito an express cart. The driver had a miraculous escape. He declares that the engine never ivhistled till close to him, and he had no idea of its presence till he was in the centre of the rails and saw the on rushing train He jumped and thus saved his life, for the next instant the engine struck the vehicle and carried it along on the cowcatcher into the Square, for nearly a hundred yards. The suddenness of the impact broke the express clean away from the horse which escaped like its driver, without a scratch. The train was travelling at a dangerous rate.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14150, 9 March 1910, Page 5
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139ACCIDENTS. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14150, 9 March 1910, Page 5
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