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RAILWAY COLLISION.
TWO LOCOMOTIVES CAPSIZE.
Accident at Central Station.
On lines north of the main passenger
platforms at the central railway sta
tion yesterday morning two locomotives
which were shunting collided and cap
sized. None of the four members of the
crew was injured and little damage re
suited. Officials have been given re
ports of the occurrence and an inquiry
will be held.
The accident occurred near points
where Y road converges on Z road.
Y road runs parallel with the road on
the northern side of No. 7 platform,
and Z road connects with the carriage
eheds at the western end of the sta
tion. Between the two roads are two
other short lines which run to dead
ends.
Shortly after 8 o'clock one of the loco
motives had pushed three empty pas
senger coaches from one of the five lines
passing under the Beaufort-street bridge
and was drawn up on the western side
of the points where Y and Z lines con
verge. The lomotive was uncoupled from
the coaches and, after standing for seve
ral minutes, commenced to move bunker
first towards the points. At the same
moment a second locomotive moving
bunker-first started towards the points
along Z line.
Colliding with a resounding crash,
.both locomotives toppled over away from
the point of collision. The crews jumped
clear, except the driver of the locomo
tive on Y line, who was still inside the
cab when the locomotive went over.
A breakdown train was summoned from
East Perth and the work of lifting the
locomotives and restoring them to the
lines with the aid of the 25-ton crane
was watched by crowds lining the near
est platform and the rails of the Beau
fort-street bridge. The first locomotive
was set on the rails about noon and the
second an hour later. They were towed
to the East Perth depot for examina
tion.
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