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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">From the <em>Railroad Gazette:</em></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: large;">February 1896</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="font-size: large;">12<sup>th</sup>, 3 a.m., on New York & New England, near Bristol, Conn., an eastbound train broke apart in two places and the three sections continued running for a mile or two when the third section ran into the second, derailing 4 cars; some of the forward cars kept running, however, after going some distance a part of them were derailed by a piece of timber falling on the track; some of the foremost cars still kept on and ran into the forward section of the train, derailing three more.</span></span></span></span></p>
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