A RUNAWAY TRAIN CAUSES £30,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE. —In this series of pictures an indication is given of the terrific force with which a runaway train crashed into another train at the Croydon siding, near Melbourne. The damage was estimated at £30,000. I. The fourth carriage of the runaway mounted high over the wreckage. 2.—Another view of the fourth carriage, revealing the force with which it hurdled the wreckage. 3.—-An instant before the collision the driver of the runaway leapt from his cabin. A youth is standing on the spot where the driver landed. 4. —The first car of the stationary train.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20543, 19 February 1935, Page 5
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102A RUNAWAY TRAIN CAUSES £30,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE.—In this series of pictures an indication is given of the terrific force with which a runaway train crashed into another train at the Croydon siding, near Melbourne. The damage was estimated at £30,000. I. The fourth carriage of the runaway mounted high over the wreckage. 2.—Another view of the fourth carriage, revealing the force with which it hurdled the wreckage. 3.—-An instant before the collision the driver of the runaway leapt from his cabin. A youth is standing on the spot where the driver landed. 4.—The first car of the stationary train. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20543, 19 February 1935, Page 5
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