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RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
G O O D S T R A IN S C O L L ID E .
M E L B O U R N E , S unday,
A se n sa tio n a l r a ilw a y a c c id e n t ocom
aod a t A n d erso n , on th e P o w le tt
lin e, in th e e a rly h o u rs o f t h i s m o rn ­
ing. A heavily lo a d e d coal train ,
d ra w n 3>y tw o e n g in e s, w a s proceedin
g to w a rd s N y o ra. vrfhen in d ie d a rk ­
n e s s a n o th e r d o u b le h e a d e d tra in
loom ed up, b e a rin g d ire c tly d o w n on
(the sam e line. A s th e fo u r engfiue
crew s a lm o s t sim u lta n e o u sly cau g h t
s ig h t o f th e lo com o tiv e lig h ts a p ­
proaching* th em , th e y re a lised tibeir
o w n im m in e n t d a n g e r, an d w h istles
w e re lo u d ly blow n au d b-rnlces a.pflilted
h a rd . I t w a s , h ow ever, too
la te to p re v e n t a serious- collision,
n n d iwitli a c ra s h , w h ic h w a s heard
fo r m ore th a n a m ile aw ay, th e leadin
g en g in es cam e to g e th e r. a n d flung
e ach o th e r aside. T h e ir h o lie r plates
w e re broken, in. a n d <thc lead lo g bogey
o f one en g in e w a s sm a sh e d .
B y good fo rtu n e a n d th e ipiresence
p f inind. th e fo u r m e n esc a p e d in ­
ju ry . A s th e lo co m o tiv es c a m e to-,
get,her th e m en flu n g -KbemselvcB o ut
o f th e cab s, and. a lth o u g h b ru is e d by
th e ir ju m p s, th e y f e lt little th e w orse
fo r th e ir e x c itin g experie n c e . Beyond
th e f a c t th a t th o tw o tra in s troi
jn to th e one se c tio n a u d collid ed, n o ­
th in g is know n a s to th e cau se of
t h e accid ent. _________
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