Passengers' Narrow Escape
New Haven, Conn., Oct. 27.- The express train leaving New York at 11 o'clock Monday night was saved from a disastrous, and, perhaps, fatal wreek at South Norwalk by the prompt working oí the automatic derailing device at the drawbridge. This train niakes but two stops between New York and New Haven - Stamford and Bridgeport. The train consisted of an engine, baggae smoker and three sleeping cars. It left Stamford on time and was going through New Haven at a thirty-mile rate, when the train was thrown lnto the automatic siding, and the engine, tender and baggage car were thrown from the rails, the engine turning completely over. The engineer, Harrison by name, and his fireman Jumped from the cab and escaped with a shaking up. None of the passengers were hurt.
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Ann Arbor Argus
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