ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
RAILWAY COLLISION. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, November 1. . The accident was caused by the stock .train while shunting on to a loop-line to allow the Melbourne-Sydney mail to Sans over, shooting the points just as te mail approae bed. The sound of Witt impact roused tliß residents, who {were quickly on. tho soene and rendered assistance. There was great excitement among the passengers till the jdoora of the carriages were unlocked «wd they were released. Altogether passengers were injured, mostly ahock and bruises. Que was re[XlOvcvd to tho hospital. The others sroceedeq to their homes after receiving ttedlcal • attention. Traffic was |blocked for many hours. Several trucks were smashed and a large jfltobar of animals killed and mangled, mjlree engines and other rolling-stock jpero damaged.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10299, 2 November 1911, Page 1
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