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Oct. 10, 1962 - Girl lives after falling beneath a train.: Eighteen-month-old Anne Herbertson had a miracle escape from death beneath the wheels of a train on a level crossing at Usworth, Co. Durham. She and two-year-old playmate Audrey Laing were playing on the crossing when the diesel freight brain bore down o them, brakes jammed and hooter blowing. Mrs.Margaret Henderson, 61, ran from the door of her home 20 yards from the crossing and managed to pull Audrey clear. But Anne fell beneath the wheels of the train. The locomotive and 22 carriages passed over her---and she was only slightly injured. She had been knocked unconscious as she fell between the rails, and none of the wheels touched her. Photo shows Anne Herbertson, with sister I. Barnett in hospital. She went home after one night in hospital
