Railway Accident.
{Per Press Association.)
Melbourne, March 15. A fast mixed night train from Melbourne to Warnambool was derailed at a level erasing close to Warnambool. The «iogine, two horse boxes and a truck fell 15 feet over the embankment; the carriages fortunately remaining oi the rails. There were forty passengers and several were badly shaken and bruised, but none seriously hurt. The driver and stoker pluckily stuck to their posts although they had a narrow escape. Considerable damage resulted to the line.
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Thames Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 8611, 16 March 1897, Page 3
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83Railway Accident. Thames Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 8611, 16 March 1897, Page 3
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