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blown up, my Mate & myself went down to our Eng & what a shock I got, the Road No. 3 alongside of my Coal truck behind my Tender was blown up & about 4 ft of Rail was blown clean away, The Truck was riddled with Shell Splinters & my Tender & Eng was covered in dirt & pieces of sleepers. The Tarpaulin covering the Cab & part of the Tender was full of Dirt & a hole about 1 inch wide by 2 inches long was made by a piece of shell & the piece was lying in the Cab, We had both left the Eng just in time as I mentioned before about the Shell exploding behind me leaving the Eng that what it was & we had a narrow escape. The S. Master went along the roads to see if any further damage to other had been done & came back & reported No 2 at the top end had been also blown up. All incoming Trains were cancelled & we did no more work & at Midnight I was releived & was glad to get back to our Camp as my nerves were very bad &