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Royton Station
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- 1961-02-17 (Creation)
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The Times of Ceylon Press
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Eight people had miraculous escapes from death when a 120-diesel train crashed through station buffers and a stone wall to plough across a road and through a row of terraced houses at 35-40 m.p.h., near Oldham, Lancs last week.
Driver Harry Pearse sounded his horn for a quarter of a mile as the train hurtled out of control down a gradient into Royton Station. Then, 30 yards from the buffers, he flung himself onto the station platform, receiving head injuries. Five people — including three women — who had been asleep in the houses were taken to hospital with minor injuries. Two of the, has been carried still in bed on the roof of the train.
Photo shows part of the runaway train protruding from the wrecked houses as firemen on ladders retrieve some of the families' belongings.
Driver Harry Pearse sounded his horn for a quarter of a mile as the train hurtled out of control down a gradient into Royton Station. Then, 30 yards from the buffers, he flung himself onto the station platform, receiving head injuries. Five people — including three women — who had been asleep in the houses were taken to hospital with minor injuries. Two of the, has been carried still in bed on the roof of the train.
Photo shows part of the runaway train protruding from the wrecked houses as firemen on ladders retrieve some of the families' belongings.
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