EXPRESS STRIKES PILOT ENGINE.
MISHAP ON MELBOURNE TO SYDNEY LINE. (United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received January 2, 11 a.m.) MELBOURNE, January 2. The Melbourne to Sydney Limited express collided with a pilot engine near Seymour. Victoria, last night. The passengers were flung headlong by the impact. Two were injured and several women fainted. The express engine was forced off the rails, which were badly twisted. The pilot engine was hurled bodily from the line, and several empty carriages were thrown against the embankment. The driver of the pilot engine suffered head injuries.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18958, 2 January 1930, Page 1
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