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for the moment find out the cause, the Windows in the Cab were all broken & glass was lying everywhere. The Driver & the Guard got down at the Station & went back & found out that a heavy Canadian Engine drawing a Troop Train had run into us, he did not see us although our Tail lamp shewing a Red Light was burning brightly. The Canadian Engine had its two front buffers broken & also our two back buffers were broken & also our intermediate buffers were bent & the Plates dented in, & the Iron flap between the Engine & Tender all buckled up, & the water hose on one side was broken, as the Engine was all right to proceed & the Signal off & continued on our Journey after the 3rd Mishap for the Driver & I told him he was alright now, as it was the other fellows turn, as we continued on we passed several large Stone Quarries lit up by Electric light, which was a grand sight, a great number of Trucks were here & there being loaded up with Stone & German Prisoners were working everywhere, some pushing small wagons running on lines, others emptying the Stone into Large Crushers, others were wheeling barrows to & fro