ABERDSEN EXPRESS ACCIDENT

West Coast Times, 17 April 1914, Page 4

ABERDSEN EXPRESS ACCIDENT

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I.ONDOX, April 11. ■ The Aberdeen express collided with an engine at Jtnrnt- Island. The driver and fireman , w've killed and four passengers seriously injur-

The express train was going down a kill at a. mile a. minute. Owing to to a e.'flier the driver did not see the goods train until it- was impassible l " apply the brakes. Tlie I rains struck obliquely, otherwise un appalling disarter Would have resaltel.

Three luggag' vans and a passenger caa.di wre derailed -and fatni; on , • to Ur' golf links adjacent. The driver and fireman, who did nut attempt- to j min «v re crushed to death at the'r posts. Trotter, the guard, escaped hr Preening through O'' - window, fh.uijh severely shaken he plttvk.lv .-sungiudi, .1 the flaring gas under the overt urned 1-arriage-s. '• , The nfM.is engine only lost its hull, r, and was able l-i'resume the journey.